Project 10073 Record Card — Harrisburg, PA, 1 Aug 52

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a UFO sighting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1952. The report, authored by 2d Lt. John L. Spiegel, details the account of a civilian witness, Mr. Richard A. Moyer, who observed an unidentified aerial object from the porch of his third-floor apartment. According to the report, the object appeared as a brilliant white light, comparable in brightness to a single car headlight and roughly the size of a grapefruit. The witness described the object as moving upward in the southeastern sky at a high rate of speed. The sighting lasted approximately three to four seconds before the object vanished. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with ten miles of visibility. The witness reported no sound or exhaust trail associated with the object. The report notes that the observer appeared to be a man of average intelligence and not excessively imaginative. Furthermore, the document indicates that this sighting was consistent in time and description with other reports submitted from Marietta, Pennsylvania, which is located approximately twenty miles east of Harrisburg. The report was processed under Project 10073 and includes internal routing notes indicating that Captain Ruppelt of ATIC was contacted and determined that no immediate action was required until the following Monday. The document is marked as unclassified and follows the reporting procedures outlined in Air Force Letter No. 200-5.