Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 18 August 1956
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A 1956 Project 10073 record card documenting a visual sighting of a circular object in Pittsburgh, which was officially concluded to be an astronomical body, likely Mars.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on August 18, 1956, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The report describes a single circular object observed visually for a duration of one hour and forty-five minutes. The witness estimated the size of the object to be equivalent to a baseball held at arm's length, noting that the object exhibited a pendulum-like swinging motion. The object was reported to be at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The record indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that the sighting was an astronomical observation, specifically suggesting the planet Mars as the likely source of the report. The card explicitly notes that there was no formal report on file for this incident.
Description and duration indicative of astro body observation such as Mars.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical star/plane
The description and duration of the sighting were considered indicative of an astronomical body, specifically Mars.