Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting near Hastings, Michigan, 7 September 1953

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying intelligence report regarding an aerial sighting that occurred on 7 September 1953, east of Hastings, Michigan. A civilian witness reported observing two round, yellowish-red objects for a duration of 15 minutes. The witness described the objects as appearing the size of a dime when viewed through binoculars and noted that they moved back and forth and disappeared periodically. The report was received by 1st Lt Raymond M Mischon, who noted that the reporting process was limited because the individual providing the information did not have a standard reporting format. The military investigated the incident by checking radar traffic from Chicago and Detroit centers for the relevant time period, but the search yielded negative results. The final assessment concluded that the data was incomplete but sufficient to suggest an astronomical observation. Specifically, the investigator noted that the observer likely viewed a star and that the binoculars magnified the star's apparent movement.