USAF record 28965616 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 14 May 1956

2. LOCATION 80 KM SW of Winston Salem North Carolina

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 14/14002

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Intercept Radar XXXAir-Visual

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]

6. SOURCE military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 35 minutes one stationary

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round cylindrical object size of pencil eraser, color silvery white - clean and white edges contrasted with blue sky - in flight surveillance. Object stationary. Object was seen by all five members of the Thunderbird acro team - believed to be an astronomical body, was brighter than a nite star.

11. COMMENTS: Astro (Venus) see case file.

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Venus Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown