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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Tensleep, Wyoming, 3 December 1957

📅 3 December 1957 📍 Tensleep, Wyoming 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
Project 10073TensleepWyomingVenus1957sighting report

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A sighting report from Tensleep, Wyoming, on December 3, 1957, involving two witnesses who observed a bright object for 90 minutes. The object was officially identified by ATIC as the planet Venus.

On December 3, 1957, at 04005Z, two civilian witnesses in Tensleep, Wyoming, observed a single, round, white object for a duration of one and a half hours. The witnesses described the object as being the size of a pea and significantly brighter than a star. The object exhibited no tail or exhaust trail and made no sound when it disappeared in the southwest. The sighting was reported to the 740th ACWRON and subsequently documented under Project 10073. The observers, aged 80 and 29, noted that the object appeared at a 45-degree angle from the ground when first sighted and disappeared at a 35-degree angle. Weather conditions at the time were reported as high, thin, and scattered clouds with a visibility of 15 and a temperature of 31 degrees. No optical aids were used by the witnesses. Following an investigation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), the object was officially identified as the planet Venus. The ATIC comment noted that Venus was exceptionally bright during that month, resulting in numerous reports being filed by the public.

Astro computer and charts indicate that object was without doubt the planet Venus which was so bright during this month that numerous reports were received.

Official Assessment

Astro computer and charts indicate object was without doubt the planet Venus.

The object was identified as the planet Venus, which was exceptionally bright during that month.

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