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Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Orlando, Florida, 10 August 1965

📅 10 August 65 📍 Orlando, Florida 🏛 Department of the Air Force 📄 Incoming Message / Project Record
Project 10073VenusOrlandoFlorida1965UFOsighting

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A 1965 sighting of a round, color-changing object in Orlando, Florida, was investigated by the Air Force under Project 10073. The official conclusion identified the object as the planet Venus.

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported on August 10, 1965, in Orlando, Florida. The primary witness, a 17-year-old student, observed a round object, approximately the size of a basketball, which exhibited color changes from red to yellow-orange and white. The object was described as moving like a gyroscope and leaving a vapor trail. The witness, along with two friends, observed the object for 15 to 25 minutes. The report notes that approximately 40 people in the housing development also witnessed the event. The Air Force investigation, conducted by Captain Joseph K. Dennis of the 1360 ABGP, concluded that the object was the planet Venus. The report states that Venus was setting in the West at the time, and that the observed color changes and motion were illusions caused by the low angle of the planet, reflections on a nearby lake, and the imagination of the witness. The document includes technical weather data and confirms that no physical evidence or photographs were obtained.

Motion and detail of vapor trail attributed to imagination of the witness.

Official Assessment

Astro (VENUS). VENUS near horizon in West setting at time of report. That object reflected light on lake indicates that it was at a low angle. Colors and motion in accord with the reported description. Motion and detail of vapor trail attributed to imagination of the witness.

The object was identified as the planet Venus, with the reported color changes and motion attributed to atmospheric conditions, reflection, and the witness's imagination.

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