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Case FileNARA NAID 28996664 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Wurtland, KentuckyApril 1962

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Wurtland, Kentucky in April 1962. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 45.

Reported location

Wurtland, Kentucky

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

KY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
RUN TT ooATION. ~~ [iz conclusions rier
: | | i Yas Balloon
| : Bae WMIPTARRG BRO EuCRY |B Srobasly Dailcon
| 3. DATZ-TIME GROUP [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION |O Possibly Balloon
= i. | SggundVind  OGuundRoder |B Bosheit
GMT 19/70150Z : ER 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar O Possibly Aircroft
SRI Lh SOURED TTT 16 Was: Astrenomi eel
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
‘CMe a vilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
! 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [Ea COURSE lo omedNIDENTIFIED
Insufficiant Data for Evaluation
] E ; : Lag Unknown
EE BEE LON Ba onary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Obj viewed thru a telescope on night Appearance similar to a comet w/
that had many stars, no moon. Obj the exception of the tail paintin
appeared to change brightness & give toward the sun. Sufficient info
off smoke. Obj moved bzhind a cloud, for eval, Soeghting appears to
loa Had something similar to haze around iit /be astronomical. Npthreat to
j El Poa nmeesiloden 7 deg X 2 dog axe (while security of U.S. indicated,
viewed thru,.a 117 power TX. Appeared
to have a tip) pointed toward sun rather
: than away fm Sun as is normal for a : 8
comet, Brightness fluctuated fm -2.5 t spas 4
dtheto 6th, Faded at the end of six Aged
nin observation & was not abserved agajin ¢
Dai +3» cs : Arv in ho rantnlla inh Viroa snoar Camma Vivo QE fm
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) gpgarver about 105 deg.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996664

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