Silver Grove, KentuckyApril 1961

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Summary

On May 14, 1961, a civilian near Silver Grove, Kentucky, reported seeing an object in the sky. The sighting was made in the evening. The witness was outdoors, described as near an airfield. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object appeared as a light, brighter than the brightest stars. The night sky was described as having many stars and dull moonlight. The witness reported that the object changed brightness, flashed or flickered, and disappeared and reappeared. The witness was looking toward the east when the object was last seen.

The record card does not give a clear final Air Force conclusion in this document.

Reported location

Silver Grove, Kentucky

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

KY / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E pr Ol JLlver rove, Kentuck D Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon
TRAE RRR AY E Te Eri es gt -
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
FL Eee. —— —— ‘BH Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar a PAs Toit
__GM et Kah. ahem 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircrafr
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes a BR O Probably Astronomical
‘O No villian 0 Possibly Astronomical
REY gg rrp RR een y
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0. Other.’ 241 I CS dr Ne Ze
: g © Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
ol i”. 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A COMMENTS
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