Project 10073 Record Card — Dayton, Ohio, 18 July 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in the Dayton, Ohio area on July 18, 1962. The witness, identified as a member of the Civilian Police at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), reported observing a single object for over two hours. The object was described as fluctuating or oscillating and moving in a westerly direction. The witness noted the object was white and silent. The official evaluation conducted by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) concluded that the object was the planet Jupiter. The investigators based this conclusion on the object's position and movement, noting that at 11:15 PM local time, Jupiter was at a 30-degree elevation and 110-degree azimuth, and by 01:15 AM, it had shifted to an azimuth of 120 degrees and an elevation of 130 degrees. The report explicitly states that other planets such as Venus and Mars were not visible at the time, confirming the identification of the object as Jupiter.