Louisville, KentuckyJuly 1949

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Summary

On July 27, 1949, in Louisville, Kentucky, a civilian reported sighting one spherical object. The object was comparable in size to a large star and had a reddish glow. Its color varied, and it had an exhaust attached. The object traveled in a northeast direction, stopped briefly, then continued in a zig-zag course. The sighting lasted one minute and was observed from the ground. The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon.

Reported location

Louisville, Kentucky

Date of incident

July 1949

State / country

KY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 6

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION
27 Jul 49    28/02uwz | Louisville, Kentucky

3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian | BALLOON

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 minute | The shape of the object was spherical, its size was comparable to a large star. The color was a reddish glow which varied as though there was an exhaust attached. The object traveled in a NE direction and stopped for short intervals and then would continue in a zig-zag course.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

7. COURSE
Northeasterly

8. PHOTOS
Do Yes
XX No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
XX No

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE)  Previous editions of this form may be used.

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