Covington, KentuckyJune 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 27, 1954, a civilian in Covington, Kentucky reported a sighting at 2:52 p.m. local time. The witness observed a point of bright light that moved fast but not erratically. There was no sound. One object was reported. The observation was classified as ground-visual. The witness was a civilian. The comments note a distant aircraft. No case file was on record for this incident. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Covington, Kentucky

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

KY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
27 June 1954

2. LOCATION
Covington, Kentucky

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2152 (N)
GMT 28/0352Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
[blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF LIGHTING
Point of bright light fast but not erratic movement. No sound.

(NO CASE IN FILE)

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
X Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other_________
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Distant Aircraft.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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