Project 10073 Record Card — Inman, South Carolina, 6 April 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 6 April 1956 in Inman, South Carolina. The sighting occurred at 0240Z and lasted for approximately ten minutes. The witness, identified as the owner of a service station, described observing a single round object that appeared fifty times larger and brighter than a star, light blue in color, and very hazy. The object was observed while the witness was traveling in a car. The sighting was also reported by the Ground Observer Corps (GOC) in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The object was described as slowly descending into the southwest before floating out of sight on the horizon. Military authorities from the 861st ACWRON in Aiken, South Carolina, processed the report. The official conclusion reached by the headquarters was that the observer likely saw the planet Jupiter and/or the star Sirius, both of which were bright and positioned in the southwest at the time of the observation. The report notes that the observation was made through an automobile windshield under conditions of clear, unlimited visibility.