Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting Report, August 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting reported on August 7, 1956, in Michigan. The witness, identified as a grocery store owner and Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer, reported observing a round object, described as the size of a basketball, for approximately one and a half hours. The object reportedly exhibited an irregular course, moving up and down and side to side, while changing colors from orange to red, pink, and white. The report notes that the object was in sight for a lengthy period before moving slowly to the west. Military investigators evaluated the report and concluded that the sighting was likely the planet Mars viewed through a temperature inversion. The documentation includes multiple teletype messages between various Air Force commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, the 34th Air Division, and the Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF). The investigators consistently suggested that the phenomenon was likely caused by the planet Mars or potentially lighted balloons, noting that the object's appearance was consistent with starlight distorted by atmospheric conditions. The record card and teletypes reflect the standard procedure for reporting and evaluating aerial phenomena under Air Force Regulation 200-2.