Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Warner Robins, Georgia, 20 August 1957
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian report of a star-shaped object in Georgia was dismissed by the Air Force as a likely misidentification of Venus or Jupiter. The report was classified as inconsistent data due to the witness's unreliable account.
On 20 August 1957, a civilian witness in Warner Robins, Georgia, reported observing a single, white, star-shaped object, described as being the size of a dime. The witness claimed the object exhibited erratic movement, traveling at high speed on a southeast heading before making a direct descent and disappearing beyond the horizon. The observation lasted approximately ten minutes. The report was processed under Project 10073 and submitted in compliance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. Upon investigation, military officials, including Captain Jerry E. Moore, determined the report to be inconsistent. The investigation noted that a B-57 aircraft operating in the area at the time of the sighting reported seeing only two planets. It was concluded that the witness likely mistook Venus or Jupiter for a piloted object. The investigating officer explicitly noted that the observer was considered highly unreliable based on the conflicting positional data provided in the report.
Items 2b-c-d-e-f show the observer is highly unreliable.
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Official Assessment
Report considered as other (inconsistent data).
The observer reported a star-shaped object with erratic movement. Military personnel concluded the observer likely mistook Venus or Jupiter for an object, noting that a B-57 aircraft in the area at the time reported seeing only two planets.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Jerry E. MooreCaptain, USAF, Airdrome Officer