PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Hopkins, Minnesota & St. Paul, Minnesota

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated teletype message regarding a UFO sighting reported on November 10, 1957, in the Hopkins and St. Paul, Minnesota area. The witness, a civilian, reported observing a round, orange object that changed to bright white. The object was estimated to be the size of a silver dollar to a baseball and was observed for approximately 30 minutes. The witness described the object as moving three times in three minutes, stopping, and then moving again toward the southwest. The report notes that the witness used a telescope and binoculars to view the object. The military investigation, conducted by the 31st Air Division at Snelling Air Force Station, concluded that the sighting was likely the planet Venus. The report explicitly states that Venus was very close to the Earth at the time and very bright, and that an astronomical plot confirmed the object's location matched that of Venus. The teletype message also mentions that the report was likely influenced by current publicity surrounding UFOs and that the witness had contacted the St. Louis Park police, who then investigated the report. The final analysis suggests that while the object could have been a star, the evidence points to an astronomical phenomenon.