Project 10073 Record Card — Liberty, Missouri, 1 April 1956

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a 14-year-old civilian in Liberty, Missouri, on April 1, 1956. The witness, who identified as a Civil Defense Plane Spotter, claimed to have observed 1,500 objects near the planet Venus. According to the report, the witness described the objects as round, white with a blue tinge, and approximately 100 feet in diameter. One of the objects was described as stationary for 15 to 20 minutes. The witness further claimed the objects appeared to originate from behind or near Venus, noting that every time they looked at the planet, they observed 'little lights' around it. The official Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) evaluation dismissed the report as unreliable. The investigator noted that it would be impossible to resolve an object of that size on Venus using a small telescope and highlighted the witness's age as a factor in the assessment. A follow-up letter dated April 13, 1956, from Lt. Colonel Timothy R. Johnson of the Directorate of Intelligence to the witness, confirms that the report was forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center for further evaluation and informs the witness that no photographs are available to fulfill their request.