Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Grand Rapids, Michigan, 12 November 1957
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1957 sighting report from Grand Rapids, Michigan, describes a round, white object observed for forty minutes. The investigation concluded the object was likely Venus, though data was insufficient for a definitive identification.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 12, 1957. The report describes a single, round, white object, estimated to be the size of a baseball, which was observed at dusk for a duration of forty minutes. The observation was classified as a ground-visual sighting. The record indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official evaluation provided on the card suggests that the object was likely the planet Venus, though the investigators noted that the data was not conclusive due to a lack of information regarding the object's motion and position. The card concludes with the administrative note that there was no formal report in the file.
Description, duration, and time of sighting indicate that this was probably Venus; however, data is not conclusive.
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Official Assessment
Description, duration, and time of sighting indicate that this was probably Venus; however, data is not conclusive. Motion and positional info missing.
The sighting was likely the planet Venus, though the lack of motion and positional data prevents a definitive conclusion.