Project 10073 Record Cards and Technical Information Sheets — Silver Grove, Kentucky, May 1961

This document collection contains a series of Project 10073 record cards and U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheets documenting multiple UFO sightings reported by a 13-year-old male in Silver Grove, Kentucky, during May 1961. The witness, who expressed a strong interest in aviation and claimed to have 20/20 vision, reported seeing two objects on several occasions, typically around 2200 hours. He described the objects as round, shiny, and resembling ball bearings or large buttons, which would change color from silver to cherry red. The witness reported that the objects moved in various directions, including North-South and West, and occasionally performed U-turns. He claimed to have captured film of the objects using an 8mm camera and expressed a desire to provide this footage to the Air Force. The Air Force investigation, conducted by the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), noted that the witness had reported numerous sightings, many of which lacked corroboration. The official conclusion for these incidents was that the objects were likely refracted images of bright stars, such as Procyon, Gemini, or Canis Minor, viewed under specific atmospheric conditions. The documents also include correspondence from the Climatic Center of the Air Weather Service regarding the provision of radiosonde adiabatic charts for the Dayton/Silver Grove area to assist in the analysis of atmospheric conditions during the reported dates. Despite the witness's insistence on the anomalous nature of the objects and his attempts to document them, the Air Force maintained that the sightings were consistent with astronomical phenomena.