10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 9 December 1957 2. LOCATION Itazuke, Japan 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local ___________ GMT 09/1047Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XO Ground-Visual □ Ground-Radar XX Air-Visual □ Air-Intercept Radar 5. PHOTOS □ Yes OX No 6. SOURCE Military 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-15 minutes 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 9. COURSE 12. CONCLUSIONS □ Was Balloon □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Was Aircraft □ Probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircraft XX Was Astronomical Venus □ Probably Astronomical □ Possibly Astronomical □ Other _____________ □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation □ Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One lighted object appeared larger than a star changing colors between white, orange and red. Object position remained constant in relation to aircraft. Object faded from sight. 11. COMMENTS There is very little doubt the UFO was Venus. In fact the precise angular measurements given by the pilots assisted in this. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)