Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Beavercreek, Ohio, March 1964
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian in Beavercreek, Ohio, reported a stationary light on March 4, 1964. The Air Force Aerial Phenomena Branch evaluated the sighting and concluded the object was the planet Venus.
On March 4, 1964, a civilian witness in Beavercreek, Ohio, reported observing a stationary object in the west at a 30-degree elevation. The witness described the object as a solid light that remained visible for approximately five minutes before it went out. The witness noted that they had observed the same object on previous nights. Following the report, Captain Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Branch, requested additional information from the witness via a formal questionnaire. The witness, however, declined to complete the FTD Form 164, stating that all relevant data had already been provided. The official evaluation of the sighting concluded that the object was the planet Venus, which was in the reported position and setting at the time of the observation.
Venus in reported position only lower and setting at time of sighting. Object viewed on previous nights. Case evaluated as Venus.
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Official Assessment
Venus in reported position only lower and setting at time of sighting. Object viewed on previous nights. Case evaluated as Venus.
The object was identified as the planet Venus based on its position and setting time.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrCaptain, USAF, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch