Skip to content
← Research library

Archive case record

Wurtland, Kentucky, April 1962

Date of account
1962-04
Location
Wurtland, Kentucky
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

View the original source ↗

Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

Published source text

Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.

Source page 1

Source text · mention only

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Apr62 wurtland. Kentucky 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grgund-Visual 口 WasAireraft Local. Ground-Radar ProbablyAircraft GMT05/0150Z D AiVisual D Air-lntercaptRadar 口 Possibly Aircroft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol ONo Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicai 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Oth-JNIDENTIFIED InsufficiantDato forEvaluation Unknowm 6mius one stationary 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS 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 posnting appeared to change brightness & give toward the sun.Sufficient info off smoke.Obj moved behind a cloud. for eval. Soghting appears to Had something similar to haze around it/be astron

View this source page ↗

Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.