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Lexington, Kentucky, August 1958

Date of account: 1958-08
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Source: uap_archive
Record updated: 2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 26 August 1958 Lexington, Kentucky 口 Wos Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local_ 1915CDT XXGround-Visual D Ground-Rodor Wos Aircraft GMT- 27/00152 Probobly Aircraft AiVisuol 5.·PHOTOS Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE aYes 口 Was Astronomical DNo 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian D.Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. DX Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 3C mins two 口 Unkno wm 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING varied W 11.COMMENTS A cigar shaped obj, copper in color, Possible balloon sighting; was sighted when someone called obsvrs however, copper color & other attention to it. data not conclusive. Caso listed as insufficient data. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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