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Lexington, Ky., February 1958

Date of account
1958-02
Location
Lexington, Ky.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balioon Lexington, KY 口 Probably Balloon Luttrell, Tennessee 口 Possibly Balloon 16 Feb 58 4.TYPE OF OSSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft Ground-Visual Local 口 Possibly Aircraft AirVisuol DAir-lntercept Radar GMT_17/0205Z 17/0150Z Was Astronomicol Me teor 6.SOURCE 口 Probabiy Astronomicol 5.PHOTOS 口 Possibly Astronomical Yes Military & Ciyilian XONo 口 Other. 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Insufficient Data for Evaiuation 7.LENGTH CF OBSERYATION 口 Unknown one Downward 10 secs, 2-3 secs 11.COMMENTS Everything in description sugges 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright,round,bright blue flashof a fireball. light with a tail. 2.Bright rnd bluish red obj w/a tail larger than a shooting star gave burst of flame. 3.Rnd, blue-green obj,size of soft- ball, Was ornage at first sightng. ATICFORM

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