Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — York, Pennsylvania, 13 October 1952

This document collection details an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sighting reported on 13 October 1952 in York, Pennsylvania. The primary witness, a production manager at a local radio station and former military artist, observed a round, yellow-orange object moving in an easterly direction before turning south. The object was in sight for approximately 12 to 15 seconds at an estimated altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. The witness reported that the object made no sound and lacked any visible exhaust, running lights, or gaseous halo. The witness, who was deemed to have above-average observational skills, explicitly stated the object was not a meteor. The Air Intelligence Information Report produced by the Middletown Air Materiel Area concluded that there was no definite explanation for the sighting, though it suggested the possibility of an aircraft. The file also contains extensive correspondence between the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the American Meteor Society regarding a separate, likely unrelated, meteor sighting in New England on 14 October 1952, which involved multiple reports from Coast Guard stations and aircraft pilots. The ATIC attempted to clarify these events, distinguishing between the meteor sightings and the York incident. The documentation includes the original Project 10073 record card, the formal intelligence report, and a detailed observer questionnaire completed by the York witness, which provides specific details about his background and the circumstances of the observation.