Project 10073 Record Card - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - 7 February 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting reported on February 7, 1955. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at 1018Z. A pilot operating Flying Tigers Flight 989 reported observing a single, bright, and brilliant object at an altitude of 5,000 feet. The object was described as flashing away to the south, with the entire observation lasting approximately one second. The report notes that the identity of the pilot remains unknown, and the flight identification number 989 is believed to be the last three digits of a five-digit NC number. Information regarding the sighting was obtained from the Harrisburg State Airport control tower. The report explicitly states that there were no photographs, no other evidence, and no other reports of the sighting received. Weather conditions at the time were reported as scattered. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities, including the Assistant Operations Officer at the Olmsted Flight Service Center, was that the object was a probable meteor. The document includes detailed wind and weather data for the time of the sighting, as well as standard military teletype headers routing the report to various intelligence and command centers, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB and the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB.