Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Waupun, Wisconsin, 1 June 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian prisoner in Waupun, Wisconsin, reported a round, pink, basketball-sized object on 1 June 1956. The Air Technical Intelligence Center concluded the object was likely the planet Venus.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on 1 June 1956 in Waupun, Wisconsin. The report was filed by 1/LT Carl W. Olsson of the 755th ACW RON. The witness, identified as a civilian prisoner, reported observing a single, round, pink object. The witness estimated the object to be the size of a basketball held at arm's length and at an altitude of one to two thousand feet. The object was described as moving westward and was still in sight at the time the report was made. The report explicitly notes that there was no sound associated with the object. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the sighting was possibly the planet Venus. The document includes standard military reporting headers, confirming the report was submitted in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.
One round pink object, the size of a basketball held at arms length, estimated to be at an altitude of one to two thousand feet. Still in sight at time of report.
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Official Assessment
Possibility of the planet Venus.
The object was identified as a possible sighting of the planet Venus.
Key Persons
- Carl W. OlssonReporting Officer