Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Detroit, Michigan, 1 November 1957
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A 1957 UFO sighting in Detroit was investigated by the Air Force and officially identified as the planet Venus. The report highlights the frequency of such misidentifications during that period.
This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning a UFO sighting in Detroit, Michigan, on the evening of 1 November 1957. A civilian witness, using binoculars, observed a stationary, round, white and green object for approximately one hour. The object was described as having the size of a pea and was noted to twinkle. The sighting was also observed by a 2nd Lieutenant serving as a Senior Director at a nearby direction center. The report was submitted by the Commander of the 651st ACWRON at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was the planet Venus. The report explicitly notes that the planet's position was causing a significant number of UFO reports during that year.
This planet is causing quite a few UFO reports this year.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical Venus
The object was identified as the planet Venus, which was in the reported location at the time of the sighting.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
- [illegible]2nd LtDirection Center
Key Persons
- Charlie CrewSenior Director