PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - South Weymouth, Massachusetts - 10 November 1956

On November 10, 1956, two civilian guards stationed at the United States Naval Air Station (USNAS) in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, reported observing an unidentified aerial object for a duration of two hours and fifty minutes. The sighting began at 0840Z. The witnesses described the object as having an acorn or funnel-like shape, characterized by a white base, red sides, and a distinct green glow. At arm's length, the object appeared to be the size of a grapefruit. The observers tracked the object as it moved from an easterly to a southerly direction, with its altitude estimated between 2,000 and 12,000 feet. The object was observed both visually and through 7x50 binoculars. The witnesses noted that the object appeared to pass through an overcast layer. Following the initial report, the Fourth Cliff Radar Research site was contacted at 0127 EST to determine if any radar returns correlated with the visual sighting; however, they reported no known air traffic in the area at the time. The operations officer at USNAS South Weymouth conducted a preliminary analysis and stated there was no known cause for the sighting. Despite the detailed observations provided by the guards, the official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card attributed the sighting to the planet Venus. The report includes teletype correspondence detailing the specific characteristics of the object, the weather conditions at the time, and the administrative routing of the report to various military commands, including Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB and the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB.