PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Samish Island, Washington, 5 April 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting reported on 5 April 1956 near Samish Island, Washington. The witness, Mrs. Mach Baker, reported observing a single, stationary, bright red object in the northwest sky at an elevation of approximately 15 degrees. The object was described as being the size of a penny held at arm's length and was observed through binoculars for at least one and a half hours. The report includes supplementary military communications from the 25th Air Division at McChord Air Force Base, which confirm the details of the observation. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) is that the object was the planet Venus, which occupied the same position and elevation in the northwest at the time of the sighting. The report notes that the duration of the observation and previous similar reports support this identification. A remark in the document also mentions a similar sighting that occurred between 13 March and 15 March 1956, which was observed by a deputy sheriff but not formally reported at the time.