PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon _ 11 May 1956 Lake Leelanau, Michigan o Probably Balloon Local R~roundVisual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P tobobl y Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE XlX Was Astronomical Venus C Ys 0 Probably Astronomical 'H'No Ci vi 1 ian 0 Ponibly Aatronomlcal NW in erratic c' Insufficient Data for Evaluation one hour, five minutes one movement c Unknown 10. BRIE, SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One object appearing to be round, Concur with the opinion of the vunnel shaped, and sometimes circu-reporting officer that this lar. Yellow steeaks with green ceo-sighting was caused by the plaret ter and red sidas was the description Venus. of t l1e colors. Seen throug h binocular ATIC FORM 32~ (R&V 25 SKP 52) WPD:79 YMA245HRA283HRE ~35 FP RJEDAE RJEDEN RJED~P RJE?HQ RJEPNX DE RJDHR 5E FM COMDR 752ND ACWRON EMPIRE MICH TO RJEDAE/COHDR 37TH ADIV TRUAX FLD MADISON tviSCONSIN -,-l/_-(; _ ~ ~. ( INFO RJEDENICOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO --~ ~ RJ~DWP /COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC ~JEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURG N Y /UNCLASSIFIED/ OPS 52 PD UFOB lAW PAR SIX BRAVO rr,!o ZERO DASH T~lo-CM:-2 r THE FOL RPT IS SBMT PD PART 1 (A) ROUND, CIRCULAR AND OCASSIONALLY CHANGED TO FUNNEL SHAPE CB> NICKEL KC> YELLOW STREAKS, GREEN CENTER WITH JED SIDES (F) tJONE OTHER Ti1AN SIZE AND SHAPE C G) TAIL OF FUNNEL ? AGE TWO RJ EDHR SE CI> DIMS AND BRIGHTENS PART 2 CA> ACCIDENTIAL -OBJECT CAUGHT OBSERVERS ATTENTION BY ITS BRIGHT~NESS CB> NORTHtf.EST 6~ DEG ABOVE THE HORlZEN (D) ICREGULAR STOPS AND GOES () FADE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN (f) ONE HOUR AND FIVE MI NUTES PART 3 (A) GROUND VISUAL CB> BINOCULARS PART 5 CA) EQ 3550 PART 6 7A) 'LAKE LEELANUA ALE 48 USED CAR DEALER A:~D LIVE BAIT DEALER, GOOD PAGE THREE RJEDHR SE PART 7 (A) CLEAR S0 ,060 N/AVAIL ( C > CLEAR <D> 15 PLUS PART 8 (A) NONE PART Q9 <A> NONE PART 10 <A> NONE PART 11 C A> TRAVERSE CITY CAA REPORTS NO T:tAFFIC I N THAT AREA PART 12 CA> 1ST LT RICHARD H. ERICSOtJ OPERATIONS OFFICER PD THIS OBJECT HAS BEEN SIGHTED AtiD REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES I N THE PAST THREE MONTHS PD THE OBJECT WAS It-..TVES- TILATED BY INTELLIVE CE PEHSOtJ~\EL FR0~1 SELFRIDGE AFB MICHIGAN I N APRIL OF THIS YEAR Al~D DETERMI ED TO BE THE PLANET VENUS PD I BELIEVE THIS TO BE T~E SA!~E