Frankfort, KentuckyNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 25, 1957, a civilian observer near Frankfort, Kentucky reported one round white object about the size of a dime. The object followed a straight flight path. It stayed in view for only about six seconds. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card lists the conclusion as astronomical. It notes that the time in view was too short for an aircraft and that the object was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Frankfort, Kentucky

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

KY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
pd 8, nl i 0 Wos Balloon
: 25 November 1957 Frankfort , Kentucky 0D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 75 pm eM CLL |
: { [ 0 Wos Aircraft
Local Cre re RAP QCGround- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT" V/ 40094 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 1X XWas Astronomical [ator
O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
: X8 No Civilian (ANG) OD Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EXO he pratt ema gen LEY ily his le
f 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Svcd » 0 Unknown
fla eae 0 Ope 0 erate Vc
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Cne round white object the size of Duration too short for a/c, prob-
a dime, Object was seen on a straight | ably meteor. |
: flight path and was in sight for six
seconds,
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