Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — Woodstock, Minnesota, 9 December 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a subsequent military report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on December 9, 1956, near Woodstock, Minnesota. A 26-year-old farmer reported observing a single object for approximately ten minutes. The witness described the object as a half-sphere with a flat side on top, appearing larger than a baseball held at arm's length, and exhibiting a brilliant fire-red and orange color. The witness reported that the object tipped before moving slowly toward the northwest. The report notes that there was no sound and no optical aids were used. The military investigation, conducted by a Major from the 787th ACWRON, concluded that the object was the planet Mars, which was visible in the western sky at the time. However, the investigating officer included a caveat in the report, noting that the witness explicitly stated he could not see the moon and that the object appeared too large to be the moon. Consequently, the officer admitted he could not render a definitive opinion on the nature of the object, despite the official classification of the sighting as Mars.