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USAF record 28973206 (1957)

28973206

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 November 1957

2. LOCATION Texas New Mexico Area

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/0300Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XB Ground-Vi-sual [HW: Binoculars] Ground-Radar [HW: Air-View] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object size of basketball, silver changing to red, appeared to be rotat-ing & descending on a SW heading. Faded just above horizon.

11. COMMENTS Venus in the SSW, now so bright many newspapers and astro journals have publicity commenting on it. (publicly commented on it.)

12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☒ Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]

Venus

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