Project 10073 Record Card — Fairborn, Ohio, 11 Jan 61

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying memorandum from the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, dated January 12, 1961. The report details a sighting that occurred on January 11, 1961, at 1930 hours in Fairborn, Ohio. The witness, identified as Major W. Rosen, reported observing a bright object over Page Manor. The report was relayed to the Field Officer of the Day, Major H. Scarborough, and subsequently documented by 1/Lt Shannon. The investigation concluded that the object was the planet Venus, which was positioned in the Southeast at an elevation of over 45 degrees at the time of the sighting. The memorandum, signed by Major Michael J. Stroff, Jr., confirms this identification and notes that the reporting officer did not personally contact Major Rosen. The record card explicitly categorizes the event as 'Probably Astronomical' and provides the final verification as the planet Venus.