PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8689752

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONSilver Grove Kentucky

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lL DAT 2. LOCATION 'i2, CONCLUSIONS
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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Local metadata cieigideecilaec 0 Ground- Vi sual 0} Ground-Radar G wee Airc aft
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GMT. . bot 0 EP -. oe | 0) Air Vi sual C) Air-lIntarcant Radar i Poss bly Mrerary
: . 1OTOS é. SOURCE Qn Ylus A stronamical
5D ¥es t} Prob ibly Astronomical
re! No | O Pos sibly Aatronomical
7. LENGTH OF C358 2VATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE ire Ovher
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

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Weak questionnaire mas oeen prencred so thar you can give the U.S. “tr Force as much

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informetion as possibie concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon thet you hove observed.

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riease y *98 aOnswer as mony Questions as you possidly can. © information tna? you give will

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in connection with any statements, conclusions, of publications without your permission.

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We request this personal information so that, if it 1s deemed neces sory, we may contact you for

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17. Draw o picture thot will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails,

Place on orrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

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