Silver Grove, KentuckyMay 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the night of May 1, 1963, a fifteen-year-old boy in Silver Grove, Kentucky reported seeing two unidentified objects moving southward through the sky at 10:15 p.m. He watched for one and a half to five minutes before the objects disappeared. According to the case file summary, the objects' characteristics suggested they were likely aircraft.

The Air Force investigated the report through a standard questionnaire. However, the case file notes that this witness had filed many previous UFO reports, all of which had been explained as stars, planets, aircraft, or misidentifications of conventional objects. The investigator also observed that the teenager enjoyed science fiction and expressed a belief in "flying saucers," which the file suggests may have colored his interpretation of what he saw.

In the final assessment, investigators concluded the report should be rejected from serious consideration. The Air Force's official evaluation listed the case as "Unknown," though the accompanying notes indicate officers believed the sighted objects were probably aircraft. The decision to dismiss the report centered on what investigators described as the "unreliability of the observer."

The full case file, consisting of 9 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Silver Grove, Kentucky

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

KY / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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4 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Was Balloon
1 May 1963 Silver Grove, Kentucky § Rrahcgy gases
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION [al AES SRSLY ERTL SoN
2215 as Aircraft
Local 222 XHKGround-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
GMT 02/03152Z O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
5 . aad A Fd OE TE, ; og
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OtherlAJEE {it iix,
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1.9 to 5 minutes two Southerly g Unknown £26 cn (Lf
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Report doom 15 year old Rho has reported Previous reports from this
many UFO's. Rpt taken over the phone, witness have all been evalua-
: ted as stars, planets, a/c or
misinterpretation of conventim-
: ; al objects, Witness asserts that
: he loves science fiction and
en ; : believes in "flying saucers.”
Characteristics of this parti-
cular rpt indicate that objects
sighted were a/c.
Ne FW p oy y % i 3 ) Lo 0 Fo PN Mar
Ca 2: fa 2 vid f/s eo UMN CECA LS LE : : 54
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 582)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000739