Madisonville, KYFebruary 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 23, 1959, around 9:17 p.m., a witness in Madisonville, Kentucky saw one bright, burning white light. It moved parallel to the horizon in a straight path and disappeared over the horizon toward the west, on a heading of about 272 degrees. The altitude and speed were unknown. The sky was clear. The witness reported it for about three minutes. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

Air traffic control reported no aircraft traffic in the area at the time. 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 to evaluate.

Reported location

Madisonville, KY

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

KY / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD PRES SEN
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 0 Woes Balloon
23 Feb 59 Madisonville, Ky 0 Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon

I P ——— 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador BE ht Tow oft

CMT —2 1 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. DTC JOUR! O Was Astronomical

O Yes O Probably Astronomicel
ONe ; Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0O Othe ooooo—m
0x Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
nin one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright, burning white, light went parallel sasficient 1d
{ to horizon in a straight poth and disappeare ovatuate, A Cc :
over horizon to the West.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982043