SE of Louisville, KentuckyJune 1956

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Summary

On a June evening in 1956, someone in southeastern Kentucky watched one or two white objects in the sky that moved very fast and appeared to turn and descend. The observer estimated the object or objects were between 5,000 and 20,000 feet above the ground. The sighting took place at dusk.

The Air Force investigated the report, which appears to have been documented in a 19-page file held at the National Archives. According to the investigation summary, the sighting may have been caused by an aircraft that was known to be in the area at the time. No photographs of the object were taken. The case file does not contain a detailed narrative from the witness, and the OCR text is often unclear, making it difficult to extract additional specifics about what was observed or how the investigation proceeded.

The Air Force classified this case as "unknown," meaning the investigators could not identify the object with certainty. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives in 19 pages of microfilm.

Reported location

SE of Louisville, Kentucky

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

KY / US

Page count

19 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 19

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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ire 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Sh EN ; y _ 10 Was Ball
30 June 1956 SE oi Louisville, Kentucky |g probably Belson
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION B: Fessitly Batloan
V2 [re RR CR A RN CPI XKGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 8 Piobatls Riveral
GMT 01/01002 0 Air Visual OQ Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XX No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HBR, ESE EO
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
unknown one or two SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Gne or two white objects, not as This sighting was possibly cassed
large as 2 locomotive’ appeared on by aircraft known to be in the
have a tail fi BR. SotdRte area at the time of the sighting,
| to be 5,000 to 20,0¢ @eb Above Note that the observer stated
| ground. Very Fast. that the object(s) were turning
| | and descending. Time of day:dusk.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966051