Lexington, KY., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 1957 (recorded around 3:40 a.m. GMT), a civilian near Lexington, Kentucky reported one round white object the size of a dime. The sighting lasted two to three seconds. The object was seen following the curvature of the earth.

The Air Force concluded the object was a meteor. The record said the description, duration, and flight path all pointed to a meteor. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Lexington, KY., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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DATE Lo 7/ +9 2. LOCATION na. CONCLUSIONS |
7 lf TCS : . :
0 ‘Was Balloon
~-3~Jen-53- Lexington, KY. Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~ |@ Possibly Balloon
3 4 O Was Aircraft
0/0340% low 57 rg wraundsVisue Tae aay 0 Probably Aircraft {
: 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5, PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE { Was Astronomical |
0 Yes [o Probably Astronomical |
GNe : R be Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LDR inci iis his cin
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
To to three seconds ond Are Sm |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING # COMMENTS : :
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~ Cne round white object the size of a dims. Deggription, duration, flight path
Chisct was seem {iying with the curwiturs of | indicate that this was a meteor.
Lhe earth and was in sight for 2 to 3 i
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