Project 10073 Record Card — Roseburg, Oregon, 5 November 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding a sighting reported in Roseburg, Oregon, on 5 November 1957. A civilian witness reported observing a large, white, oblong object for a duration of 20 to 30 minutes. The object was described as backing off toward the ocean before fading from view. The report includes technical data, such as the time of the incident (06/0130Z) and weather conditions, which were noted as clear. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the object was the planet Venus. This determination was based on astronomical plots and charts, which placed Venus in the southwest at approximately 20 degrees elevation at the time of the sighting. The documentation includes internal military correspondence from the 25th CADD, addressed to NORAD and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Major Charles W. Finnegan, the Senior Controller on duty for the 25ADIV-ADCC, provided commentary on the report, suggesting that the sighting was a frequent occurrence of the star being misidentified as an unidentified flying object.