Covington, KentuckyOctober 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 14, 1956, at about 4 p.m. local time, a civilian near Covington, Kentucky reported a brilliant object seen from a car while driving in town traffic. The witness described it as a bright light about one quarter the size of the moon. It appeared stationary, and within one block it was gone.

The object was seen only briefly. The Air Force marked the case as having insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Covington, Kentucky

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

KY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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Fv PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: 0 Was Bolloon
14 Octeber 1856 Covinogton, kentucky (8) Brobebly i |
3. DATE-TIME OROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloon
1600 B 0 Was Aircraft
Local eww — © Ground-Visvel O Ground-Rador Q Probobly Aircroft |
emt 12 /19004 0 Air Visual O Alintorcopt Rodor | Possibly Alrereit |
5. PHOTO - $0 0 Was Astronomical |
0OVYes O Probably Astronomical
Xi Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Co J TT .
40 Insufficient Dove for Eveluotion
we } ; 0 Unknown
brief one stationary
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
prilliant object observed frou Insufficient data for evaluation.
car while traveling in town in
traffic, Described as bright light
about 1/4 size of moon. Cne block late}
object was gone. Stationzry, Unusually
brilliant and large,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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