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28992943

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 4 Jun 61

2. LOCATION Dayton, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1212 GMT 23:16:52 Jun 61

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

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Very long period Time not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Dark object with bright area in center. Shiny like aluminum with dark edges. Seemed to disappear once but reappeared almost immediately. 180 deg azimuth 80 deg elevation. Seemed to be stationary.

11. COMMENTS The position of the planet Venus coincides with the location of the reported object. On 4 Jun Venus had a mag of -4,1 (very bright). The description of the object and the long duration of the sighting indicate that the object was Venus.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 53)

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