Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Cisco, Texas, 10 November 1966
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A 1966 UFO sighting in Cisco, Texas, was investigated by the US Air Force and officially identified as the planet Jupiter.
This document details a UFO sighting report from Cisco, Texas, occurring on November 10, 1966. The report, filed under Project 10073, describes a single object observed for two hours by civilian witnesses. The object was described as star-shaped, white in color, and larger than a typical star, though it later shifted to a reddish hue. The observers noted that the object appeared to be moving toward them, although it remained stationary in the eastern sky. The military investigation, involving communications between Dyess AFB, Ent AFB, and Wright-Patterson AFB, concluded that the sighting was an astronomical event. Specifically, investigators determined that the planet Jupiter was rising in the eastern sky at the time of the observation. Despite the presence of Sirius in the southeastern sky, the report definitively attributes the sighting to Jupiter, noting that the description provided by the witnesses was consistent with an astronomical observation.
Description is consistent with that of an astronomical observation. Jupiter was rising in the eastern sky at the time of the observation.
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Official Assessment
Jupiter was rising in the eastern sky at the time of the observation. Although Sirius was in the southeastern sky at the time of the sighting it is believed that the planet Jupiter is responsible for the sighting.
The object was identified as the planet Jupiter based on its position in the eastern sky.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Student