Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Hastings, Michigan, September 1956
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A civilian in Hastings, Michigan, reported a stationary, silver, baseball-sized object in September 1956. Official investigations concluded the sightings were likely the planet Venus or a weather balloon.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a series of sightings in Hastings, Michigan, during September 1956. The primary witness, a civilian, reported observing a round, silver object, approximately the size of a baseball at arm's length, which appeared stationary. The witness observed the object visually and through binoculars for 15 minutes. The report notes that the object was seen at the same time and place on multiple clear days. The witness initially speculated that the object might be an asteroid or a large satellite. Official analysis, referencing ATIC 164, concluded that the object was the planet Venus observed during the daytime. The record includes supplementary correspondence and notes regarding the object's behavior, including reports of it following a consistent path and, in one instance, appearing to have a red tint at the bottom and discharging silver strips. Radar contact was noted at 1045Z. Further entries suggest that the object was also considered to be a weather balloon by the 30th Air Division and EADF, with reports of it drifting and being tracked. The final assessment suggests the object was likely a weather balloon or the planet Venus.
Source believed obj to be an asteroid or large satellite. Concluded as planet Venus during daytime.
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Official Assessment
Source believed obj to be an asteroid or large satellite. Concluded as planet Venus during daytime.
The object was initially identified as a round, silver, baseball-sized object. Subsequent observations and reports from the source, including radar contact, led to the conclusion that the object was the planet Venus, or potentially a weather balloon.