Project 10073 Record Card — Houma, Louisiana, 1 December 1957

This document consists of a series of records, including a Project 10073 Record Card and an UFOB Index Card, detailing a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Houma, Louisiana, on 1 December 1957. The sighting involved a single, round, multi-colored object described as being the size of a baseball. The object reportedly changed colors—white, yellow, red, orange, and green—and remained visible for 24 minutes. Initially, the object was observed to be steady before moving slowly below the horizon in a west-southwest direction. The report notes that the object was observed under similar conditions on the following night. Military personnel from the 657th ACWRON, including Captain Evan D. Evanoff, were involved in the investigation. The military checked with local sources, including a pilot from the Texas Oil Company, to rule out unauthorized flight activity in the area. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, based on the use of astro charts, computers, and current astronomical journals, was that the object was the planet Venus. The document also contains internal military communications, including a teletype message regarding the investigation and a note indicating that the observer had seen the light three times in the same area, with the light appearing brighter and higher in the sky on the subsequent night.