PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 .!t Balloon 19 April 1956 Minneapolis, Minnesota (31 A cD~ably Balloon ul bl )' Ball aon 0 Wa~ Aircraft Locol ----------lDJGroundVIsuol 0 GroundRadar Probably Aircraft GMT 20/0lOOZ to 0600Z 0 AI.-VIsual 0 Alrlntercept Raclar 0 Poulbly Aircraft 0 Yoa 0 --~obabty Astronomical No AF Major & dependents o Poulbly AstroiYomlcol 7. LINOTH Oil OIII!RYATION I. NUMBI!R OP OBJECTS 9. COURSe 0 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 0 Unlcnawn one stationary five hours tO. IRIIII SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One octangular object, plane surfaces the size of a quarter as seen through binoculars and about the size of the end of a cigarette as seen by the naked eye. The object appeared to be an aluminum color and seemed to emit a high intensity light on the bottom. The object was at approximately 60 dgrs at an azimuth of 290 dgrs. ATIC POJtM S21 (RitV 25 81tP 12) 11. COMMENTS This hq is of the opinion t~at this sighting was defin~ly caused by the planet Venus. The sky was clear at the time of th sighting, the duration of the sighting (5 hours) is that of an astronomical sighting, the object appeared stationary & the planet Venus was at ehe sae position as the UFO at the time of sighting. Venus appears a bluish-white color. ;:{CUT_: i~O S t o:! LI::Y