Project 10073 Record Card — Traverse City, Michigan, 9 Oct 55

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military action report regarding a sighting in Traverse City, Michigan, on October 9, 1955. The witnesses, identified as a retired mariner and his wife from Findlay, Ohio, reported observing a single object for two hours and ten minutes. They described the object as appearing like a star, yellow and white in color, which changed to red and green. The witnesses noted that the object varied in intensity, appeared to bounce in the sky, and moved from south to north with vertical motion. They reported no sound associated with the object. The military investigation, conducted by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), concluded that the sighting was an astronomical event, specifically the star Arcturus, which set during the period of observation. The report notes that weather conditions were clear with good visibility. The action report, dated October 12, 1955, confirms the classification of the incident as an astronomical sighting and notes that there was no known cause for the sighting other than the star. The observers were considered reliable.