Louisville, KentuckyNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 27, 1957, a civilian near Louisville, Kentucky reported one circular, clear but bright object described as about three and a half inches long. The object moved from east to west. It stayed in view for about three to five minutes. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the description, duration, and flight path indicated this was possibly the planet Jupiter.

Reported location

Louisville, 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
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
pe SHURE Sp ls ; x 54 D Wos Balloon
27 November 1997 Louisville, Xenucky 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
|
RN = i LV: oO i OD Was Aircraft |
rr REE Ground- Visuol Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Airerofr
GMT_2 7 / 20. 224 O Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rador | J Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical :
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
Q:No Civilian on 4); (Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O35ERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B55 Of Wop at stsiio SRER ie US iiadbis dich i,
OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
hy 3. to & minutes 48 Sia oy oe Covad 00 Wn pL OME oT)
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One circular clear but brigh t object Description, duration, flight path ;
three and one half inches long, Object | indicate that this was possibly
was seen with a slit E to W movement gustar,
and was in sight 3 to 5 minutes,
NO report in file.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
LJ
¢ FRE TCP basa SRNR RMA NM RRS 0 Basis atv 3 ‘ f

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