Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 10 November 1957, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
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A Project 10073 record card documenting a 15-minute sighting of a bright, multi-colored object in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on November 10, 1957. The event was officially concluded to be an observation of the planet Venus.
This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing an aerial sighting that occurred on November 10, 1957, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. The report describes a single, round object that was observed for a duration of 15 minutes. The witness characterized the object as being five times the magnitude of a star, displaying alternating colors of orange, red, and white. The object was described as very bright and was observed moving in an up, down, and sideways motion before gradually fading from view. The flight path was noted as being toward the northwest. The source of the report is identified as military. The official conclusion reached by the evaluation of this sighting is that the object was the planet Venus.
Round object, five times the magnitude of a star, alternating orange, red and white. Very bright, moved up and down and sideways. Gradually faded.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical Venus
The sighting was identified as the planet Venus.