Project 10073 Record Card — Patrick AFB, Florida, 21 August 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sighting reported on 21 August 1954 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. The witness, identified as S/Sgt Diervert, a senior ground weather equipment operator with Detachment 11 of the 4th Weather Group, observed an object for one hour and twenty-four minutes. The witness described the object as having a dome projecting under a flat surface, appearing silver with intermittent red flashes, and exhibiting irregular movement. The object was tracked using a theodolite. The teletype reports provide detailed elevation and azimuth data recorded at one-minute intervals during the observation. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was the planet Venus, which was in the reported position at the time. The document also includes a separate, unrelated news clipping from Greenwich, Connecticut, dated 22 August 1954, regarding a weather balloon that was misidentified as a 'flying saucer' by local residents, which appears to have been included in the file for information purposes.