West Point, KentuckyJanuary 1954

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Summary

On January 22, 1954, a civilian couple near West Point, Kentucky reported a bright white light. The sighting began at 2025 local time and lasted about 25 minutes. The witnesses were a housewife and an apprentice electrician.

They said the light looked like a distant spotlight moving up and down at about a 45 degree angle. It would disappear and reappear, never in the same place. It was about the size of a medium flashlight and was a bright white color. There was one light, and it made no sound.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. A nearby radar site about 12 miles south of West Point reported nothing unusual on its screen. There were no other witnesses. The Air Force listed the case with insufficient data and the comment that the light looked like a spotlight.

Reported location

West Point, Kentucky

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

KY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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4 :
Liha PRO JECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
0 Wos Balloon
22 Jan 5h Vest Point, Kentucky O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ar J TTC w——
Loool 2c 43 SAT | xikGrewd-Vievs O Ground-Radar 0 Noo Mrorgh
- robably Aircraft
our 232/38 T 0 Ain Visuvol O Air-Intercopt Rader |O Possibly Aireralt
. PHOTO! OUR 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes O Probably Astronemical
XXR No __clvilian ? PearthiTane or |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ) Othempotlight_astouily
25 minutes one 9 oa Dato for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright white light flashing up and down.
light looked like spotlight.
1. Northing on radar scceen
2. No other witness.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957371