Ft. Thomas, KentuckyOctober 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 14, 1956, around 1:30 p.m., a witness in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky saw one object low in the northeast sky. It was about the size of a nickel at arm's length and gun metal gray in color. It had no wings or tail. The object appeared to stay still for about a minute. The witness watched it for about one minute. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The file also includes related accounts the same day from nearby Ohio. One witness driving on a highway saw a reddish orange object that traveled north for at least a minute, then turned straight up and vanished. Another account describes a brilliant object seen while driving. Photographs were said to have been taken by one observer.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Ft. Thomas, 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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ny PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: £2 ee 0 Wos Balloon |
14 Qctoner 1850 Ft. Thomas, Kentucky OD Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
1290) , x ¥ 0 Was Aircroft
7 EE Bb: 0 BO: Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft
CM 1d /1 2307 0 AirVisuval O Air-Intarcept Rodor 0 ate od Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes DO Probably Astronomical
a Ne Cidlian : DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CORR —
D “Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
lL minute CL HRN stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object quite low, large size of Insnfficient data for evaluation.
nickel at arm's length, In NE station-
ary, Gun metal grey color, No wings
or teil,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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