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USAF record 28965416 (1956)

28965416

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 18 April 1956

2. LOCATION Traverse City, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 19/0230Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Visual] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Visual] Air-Intercept Radar [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: Yes]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ILLEGIBLE] hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE N & S in the western portion of the sky

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object deep yellow with a red tail appeared as a brilliant light in the west (azimuth of 270 dgrs) which appeared to move north & south.

11. CONCLUSION: Compare with the opinion of the reporting officer that this object is the same one which has been reported in this area for the past few weeks and is undoubtedly the planet Venus.

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon Possible Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possible Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Venus Possible Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Inadequate Data for Evaluation

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