Danville, KentuckyMay 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On May 7, 1962, a civilian driving on U.S. Highway 100 between London and Danville, Kentucky, reported a bright object at about 4:00 a.m. He saw a bright red object with a long, white, even tail go down and disappear into a valley west of the road.

The object made no noise and the tail was untapered. The driver reported it to a local police department, which showed no interest. Investigators noted the witness sounded rational and concerned. The report reached the Air Force through the FBI and the Office of Special Investigations.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the object had the characteristics of a meteor. Although no duration was given, officials said nothing indicated that this conclusion was not valid.

Reported location

Danville, Kentucky

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

KY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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E 7 DATE ! 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSICNS
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r | 1 May 62 | Danville, Kentuc Kk \'4 O Probably Balloon
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2 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF O33SERVATION 8 Fossioly Bolloan
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} Toe eR LT AA 3 RE Lk Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar | Probably Aircraft
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; GMT XY 7/0900Z ls ER a 0 Air Visuol 00 Air-Intercept Rador {O Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE II Was Astronomical 2 L201
5 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
8 2 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
3 7. LENGTH OF O35ERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I NE a]
h 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. : 0 Unknown
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; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Observer rptd flaming obj descending Obj has characteristics of a
2 into valley to local police, Police meteor, Although no duration
were unconcerned, Observer was driving was given there is nothing to
E at night & observed bright red obj w/ | indicate that this analysis is
4 long white even tail, No noise, Tail not valid,
] was untapered.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997226