Project 10073 Record: Unidentified Flying Object Sighting by [illegible] Highland Heights, Kentucky, on 31 March 1966

On 31 March 1966, at approximately 2256 hours, a student from Villa Madonna in Covington, Kentucky, reported a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Highland Heights, Kentucky. The witness observed a white light with a flashing or revolving red light that remained stationary in the southwestern sky for approximately ten minutes. Upon using binoculars, the witness described the object as appearing to 'dance' like a flame or fire flicker. The witness noted that there were no stars visible in the sky at the time of the observation. After looking away for approximately half a minute, the witness observed that the object had disappeared. The report was filed with OSI Detachment 501 on 1 April 1966. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was very likely the star Sirius, viewed through a break in the clouds, and that its disappearance was caused by the cloud cover.