Project 10073 Record Card — Manatowish Waters, Wisconsin, 5 March 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype reports regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on March 5, 1956, in Manatowish Waters, Wisconsin. The witness, identified as a local hardware store owner and school teacher, reported observing a single, round, bright white object for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. The witness described the object as being 50 times the size of a normal star with hazy edges. According to the report, the object was first sighted at an azimuth of 270 degrees with an elevation of 45 degrees, and it was observed descending until it disappeared at an elevation of 30 degrees. The report explicitly notes that there was no radar contact made with the object. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the sighting was caused by the planet Venus. The evaluation states that the object's position in the sky corresponded to the location of Venus, and the lack of radar confirmation further supported the conclusion that the object was indeed the planet. The documentation includes standard military reporting formats, including references to AFR 200-2 and ANOPS 03-023, and notes that the report was received by the 676th ACW Squadron approximately half an hour after the initial sighting.