Silver Grove, KentuckyJuly 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On May 20, 1962, at about 0127Z (Greenwich time), a civilian near Silver Grove, Kentucky, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness was outdoors in open country. The object was described as a shiny, solid silver ball that changed color. The questionnaire notes many stars and bright moonlight, and the witness said the object appeared shiny. The witness reported it changed brightness and disappeared and reappeared.

The Air Force concluded the sighting had the characteristics of an aircraft sighting.

Reported location

Silver Grove, Kentucky

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

KY / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Q Was Balloon
a5: Sal hd Silver Grove, Kentucky Q Probably Balloon
- 13. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION FEE en
01277 Vi ¥ 0; Was Aircraft

ET BGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft

CGMT_20/ ALERT 0 Ai~Visval D Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
“IX Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 BR | TY PAE SR A Se PT AT |
a O Insufficient Data for Evoluation
: ; O Unknown
2 id ves ove = trey yas t
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; sn iny. Solid silver ball changing to Characteristic of a/c sightin
% As 34] . NY ={) Nn 3 = : 2 a9 -h 11 es Im Lil > > :

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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RT In RS a ER ER ath TE TR rN GEER gt ids GC

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998377