... , PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OA TE TIME GROuP 2. LOCATION Farmin~too, \tisconsin 3, SOlJRCt Ci Vlllch 4. NUMBE f" OF OBJEC:TS s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 11inutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gro"' nd-Vi sual : . COURSE ~ee :;:aur:rmer y e. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10'. CONCLUSION Probable Astro (V.bUUS) The local Air Base was called during s 4-ght ing. ~ot~.ine t...thl 9.l observed on search, height finder or gap filler radars ::. ~ t !. c -~\..! Two airmen went outside to trJ to cb~e..l v~lr th-=-nh il"l"t. ~ ! 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS i t Civilian obaer\'ers sig:,ted a rouru.\ red-orange object that .:a.s appr~>x 20 yds in diameter. Inside l1 hta were ob.aerv~..:i. rl'c~ object moV'ed in a Easterly direct ion and back to the oriere1:u:l' posit ion then disappeared rapldly 0'7er the horizon to t n e :e s j COf rrs CO~"T'Ds They noticed an object in the gen~raJ.. :. -.re~ f ot the initial 8~g:1ting. They said it appeared bigt;e r than d i and silver in color. Shaped and diameter were not kno\141 d:..t: ; to the distance of' the object. Twenty minutes l:~ter tho obj ._ ~ t. 1 had disappeared. VEN'JS was setting in th!: we3tern sky at I i approx 2050 hrs. VENUS with a stellar ~ag., at this tL~e vf year, or -34 would h~ve been the brightest astronomical boJ) in the western sky. FTD s E p 6 3 0-329 (TOE) PNvlou dltlon or thle fora..,., be u .. d. Reference your rscent letter concerning an alleged observation unident1f'1ed :t~ins saucer over the l'armingtal Wisconsin area A detailed 1nveat1gat1cm lead to the conc~ua1oo t. th planet, Venua, vas probably reapooaible tor the sighting. Venus vaa setting in the western aky' at apprcoc1mately 2050 hours . Venus with a stellar magnitude, at this time ot the year, o" -3.4, would have been the brightest astronaaical body in the western The report fram Osceola AFS reported no tmusual sightings . observed on radar. In addition, persormel at Osceola reported observing a star like obJect quite bright 1n the western sky-. description submitted by the civilian observers and tho military f peraa1ne~ are .. very coosistent with that ~ an astronanical obser-:: =: ~. ~ ;~.;.: :: vatiCD,. with Venus. being responsible tor the sighting. During this or the year Venus has been respoosib~e for nunerous alleged UIO observa ticns. . . 3r=y~t of the Air Force tandat:tl- St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 0'1 ~.-~ t:~-:.~ r>"'t! fled FJ.y. ~-:: o-:,.1PCt 8 !'Ott:ed n':'~.r the Osceola Air Force :s~.se' ~t t'qr- ")':;to~, :Ti~consiY', on T11or:r o ic,~ls th~ o~cecla b~.se t~ll \lS thRt t~ey are not c-:'\ r i r-, -~ct~--~r 0r not t:"iS obja.ct ~-:-s tr2.c~ed on t~r-j.r rP.de.r screen:-3 :'~;r:-n~1joct, ~r'"tch r;;:-ts S!?.id to 'l)e ~..,pcer-sr )ed, \rith a steadil~r .~lcn~i' -s~ l:~ht o n its done, mb~e~ d~rt~d end ~overed about low 1~ t'~e slcy, -; i -::-. ~ o. r.o.lf-n~ le nf f0v.r observ~rs. Tr;ro you:1~ bo~rs first stghted. it ~t~1d c::-lJ.ed a:At~r ~an :J.nd ltTo1'an to ~:e.tch. ThP.y obsPrved it for ab'"'ut 15 1i~utcs ~c~("-::-e ~-: dnrted v ery s~iftly off ~0 trP ,. st. The object e.!'P~:--rE:d 9.[;~.in of s.s ~t fleH ov.::.r!~r-ad, .,)lJ. t s1~ce t::.r:y've jlJ t S?."1t t',~lr fil""n ~.r: for T~ry ~ls~ r0ported t~Rt t tr r0~jo sto d de~d suddP~ly, dcu ~ff hnwl~.~g into t rn. T~is i~cif~nt occ ed 0!1 a f~rm \:i tr:in ~!h t e ~P ,e sr,ott~i the o~joct R~d n~cd the Air Force b~se, the ~en t~c cr~""Ee :1cht over t r~r~. ::;~.stbly rn'?,,..~ t:!."".Y no-nMont for trP Y!(?':1s,-=-~er about th1s re)0rt? 'ii r')U J/ :.~ ~'hlP to tr:~:. ,.ls if thr-.o'Jj~ct 1rc.s trr-"~.cked on t~c:. ;9.dar scr~ens? DV F.R THI: HOR! zo;~ l~n~ F~ET, roOLJM3.