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Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Ashland, Kentucky, December 1963

📅 6 December 1963 📍 Ashland, Kentucky 🏛 Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) 📄 Correspondence and Sighting Report
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TL;DR

A 10-year-old witness in Ashland, Kentucky, reported a spherical object in December 1963. The Air Force investigated the report and concluded it was likely an aircraft or satellite, though the data remained insufficient for a definitive identification.

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Ashland, Kentucky, on December 6, 1963. The witness, a 10-year-old boy, reported observing a dark-colored, egg-shaped or spherical object with a 'ray-like ring' and a 'hay-like' aura moving in an erratic path from the North to the Southeast. The witness estimated the speed of the object to be between 750 and 850 miles per hour and noted that it produced a sound similar to a faint train. The sighting lasted approximately five to six minutes under clear sky conditions. Following the report, the Office of the President referred the matter to the Air Force, which sent a technical information questionnaire (Form FTD 164) to the witness for completion. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) evaluated the report and concluded that the object was possibly a satellite (ECHO) or an aircraft. The investigators suggested that the reported 'ray effect' was likely an atmospheric phenomenon and ultimately determined that there was insufficient data to reach a firm conclusion.

More likely a/c with ray effect attributed to atmospheric conditions. Insufficient data for firm conclusion.

Official Assessment

Possible ECHO or possible A/C. ECHO schedule not available. More likely a/c with ray effect attributed to atmospheric conditions. Insufficient data for firm conclusion.

The object was identified as a possible satellite (ECHO) or aircraft, with visual anomalies attributed to atmospheric conditions.

Witnesses

Key Persons

  • C. R. CarlsonColonel, USAF, Deputy Chief, Public Information Division

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