Project 10073 Record Card — Middletown, Ohio, 5 May 1964

On May 5, 1964, an engineer at Radio Station WPFB in Middletown, Ohio, reported observing an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness described the object as a steady, white, glowing light that appeared stationary for a duration of one hour and thirty minutes. The witness noted that the object appeared fuzzy due to light clouds and estimated its size to be roughly equivalent to a man's head held at arm's length. The witness also mentioned that some individuals who called the radio station reported hearing a sound similar to a CONELRAD tone. The report includes a completed U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire, which confirms the witness was outdoors in an open countryside setting at the time of the observation. The official evaluation of the sighting, documented on the Project 10073 record card, suggests that the object was likely the planet Venus. The evaluator noted that while the direction was more consistent with the star Capella, the brightness of the object indicated Venus, and concluded that an error in the reported azimuth was the most probable explanation.