Project 10073 Record Card — Northville, Michigan, 8 August 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on August 8, 1956, in Northville, Michigan. The witness, stationed at a Ground Observer Corps (COC) post, reported observing a single, round, white object that appeared to be the size of a football at arm's length. The object was described as changing to a dark red color, disappearing and reappearing, and moving in a southwest direction at approximately the height of the clouds. The witness also noted a belief that the object emitted the sound of an engine. The report includes detailed meteorological data, noting clear skies with winds from the north. The official evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center concluded that the sighting was caused by the planet Venus. The report suggests that the observed inconsistencies in azimuth and elevation, as well as the reported color changes and the object's disappearance and reappearance, were likely due to human error in judgment, temperature inversions, and the presence of scattered clouds. The document also contains a handwritten note indicating that this incident appeared to be the same as another Michigan sighting case.