Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Middletown, Pa., 13 September 1952

On 13 September 1952, at 0004 GMT, civilian observers, including base guards at the Middletown Air Materiel Area in Pennsylvania, reported a sighting of an unidentified object in the sky. The object was described as having a bluish-white color that turned to yellow, moving at a fast rate of speed from the southeast to the northwest. Witnesses estimated the object to be approximately 25 inches in diameter. The object was last sighted at coordinates 40-10N 76-40W, appearing to descend below hills to the west of the field across the Susquehanna River. The weather at the time was clear with seven miles of visibility. The observers noted a slight tail on the object, which they attributed to its high rate of speed, and reported that there was no sound associated with the phenomenon. There was no air traffic in the area at the time of the sighting. Following the initial report, the Intelligence Office at Olmsted Air Force Base conducted an evaluation. The official conclusion reached by the base headquarters was that the object was unquestionably a meteor. This report was formally submitted to nullify a previous teletype, 130209Z, which had documented the sighting as an unidentified flying object.