Project 10073 Record Card — Pittsfield, Maine, 3 March 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military communications regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sighting in Pittsfield, Maine, on 3 March 1955. The report details a sighting by a civilian witness, identified as Deputy Sheriff Harry Day, who observed a diamond-shaped, bluish-white object for approximately 30 minutes. The witness described the object as being roughly the size of a basketball at arm's length, noting that it hovered and shifted its course from left to right. The intensity of the object's light reportedly diminished as darkness fell. The military investigation, conducted by the 4602D Air Intelligence Squadron (AISS), concluded that the object was likely the planet Venus. This conclusion was reached by comparing the details of the 3 March sighting with a similar report from 8 February 1955. The investigating officer, Captain Andrew Matyas, recommended that no further investigation be conducted into the matter. The documentation includes standard military teletype communications, which confirm the details of the sighting, the weather conditions at the time, and the final evaluation. The report explicitly references Air Force Regulation 200-2 and notes that the sighting was consistent with previous observations of the planet Venus in the region.