Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Fairborn, Ohio, 27 May 1967
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A sighting report from 1967 in Fairborn, Ohio, describes a stationary light in the sky. The U.S. Air Force concluded the object was the planet Venus.
This document is a U.S. Air Force Project 10073 record concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on May 27, 1967, in Fairborn, Dayton, Ohio. The witness observed a single, stationary point source of light for approximately 30 minutes. The witness described the object as being brighter than the planet Mars and noted that it would fade out gradually until it disappeared, only to reappear again at its original brightness. The witness reported no sound and indicated that the object was a white light. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was the planet Venus, which was positioned at an azimuth of 293 degrees and an elevation of 8 degrees at the time of the observation. The report includes multiple pages of technical questionnaires filled out by the witness, detailing the conditions of the sky, the lack of physical evidence, and the witness's inability to estimate the speed or distance of the object beyond noting it appeared to be at a stellar distance.
Object was brighter than the planet Mars. It faded out gradually till it disappeared and then reappears again till it's original brightness. Object is nothing more than point source of light.
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Official Assessment
Astro (VENUS). VENUS was on an azimuth of 293 deg and an elevation of 8 deg at time of sighting.
The object was identified as the planet Venus based on its azimuth and elevation at the time of the sighting.