Lexington, KentuckyNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 9, 1957, a civilian in Lexington, Kentucky reported observing an unidentified object. The witness described a round long streamer with a 4-foot diameter and a 6-foot tail of fire with white flame, falling straight down. A second report described a round white object the size of a dime that was seen flying with the curvature of the earth and remained in sight for 2 to 3 seconds. The observation lasted between 2 and 3 seconds total. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a meteor.

Reported location

Lexington, Kentucky

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

KY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 November 1957

2. LOCATION
1. Lexington, Kentucky
2. Marietta, Georgia

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
[illegible] 10/0338Z & 08:04Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1. 2-3 seconds
2. 2-3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
1. Falling
2. arc

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical Meteor
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1. Round long streamer, 4 ft in-diameter, All the characteristics are
six foot tail of fire - white flame. Of a meteor.
Falling straight down.
2. One round white object the size of
a dime. Object was seen flying with
the curvature of the earth and was in
sight for 2 to 3 seconds.

11. COMMENTS
[see field 10]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2; SEP 52)

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