Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 10 November 1957, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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A 1957 Project 10073 record card documenting a civilian sighting of a round object in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The object was officially identified as the planet Venus.
This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing a sighting that occurred on November 10, 1957, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The witness, identified only as a civilian, reported observing a single round object, described as being the size of a pea, moving slowly toward the west for a duration of two hours and twenty minutes before disappearing over the horizon. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and no radar contact was made. Upon evaluation, the official conclusion reached by the investigating agency was that the object was the planet Venus. This determination was supported by an astronomical plot, which confirmed that Venus was in the exact location reported at the time of the sighting.
An astro plot shows the planet to be Venus in the exact location at the time reported.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical Venus
An astronomical plot confirmed that the planet Venus was in the exact location reported at the time of the sighting.