Washington, D.C., January 1957January 1957

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Summary

On January 18, 1957, a civilian in Washington, D.C. reported observing one round bluish-green object about half a dollar in size. The object appeared as a star except for its color. It was first seen at 45 degrees elevation and last seen at 50 degrees elevation. The object was visible for two hours and fifteen minutes. A reporting officer noted concurrence that the sighting was caused by Venus. The Air Force evaluation was Probably Astronomical.

Reported location

Washington, D.C., January 1957

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 January 1957

2. LOCATION
Washington, D.C.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 19/00457

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Two hours, fifteen mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
unknown

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical (Venus)
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round bluish-green object, the size of a half dollar at arm's length. Object appeared as a star except for color. Object was first seen at 45 dgr elevation and was last seen at 50 dgr elevation. Object was soon visually for two hours, 15 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with Reporting Officer that this sighting was caused by Venus.

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