USAF record 28991813

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 9 Mar 61

2. LOCATION Near Heppner, Oregon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2000 GMT 100500Z

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

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE NW-SE

12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Was Astronomical Venus [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED] Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 57)

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, white objt size of half dollar, sighted - 30° elevation, disappeared - 40° elevation, Plane - DC6B United, located 6951-18M, 27° , 210 knots, Seattle.

11. COMMENTS Witnesses report objt had a slight movement which would have been due to movement of a/c Azimuth of objt was not given course taken of a/c Witnesses did not see objt disappear as they apparently flew into overcast reported below them It is possible that objt was planet Venus which was in NW and movement of a/c mistaken for movement of planet