Aviation encounter — Louisville, Kentucky — 1993-02-26

A Jefferson County police helicopter crew (two members) reported an aerial observation at or near Louisville, Kentucky on 26 February 1993. A yellow-orange ball of light reportedly gained height quickly when illuminated by the helicopter’s searchlight. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February2001), PDF page54, table row11.