Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — Bel Air, Maryland, May 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a follow-up military teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed over Bel Air, Maryland, on May 12, 1957. The witness, identified as a Major from The Ordnance School, reported observing a single object for approximately three and a half hours. The witness described the object as appearing similar to a star or a pinhead in size, exhibiting a yellow color that occasionally shifted to green or white. When viewed through 7x50 binoculars, the object displayed a halo effect, though this was not visible to the naked eye. The object followed a zig-zag course in a northerly direction. The report notes that this sighting was the culmination of previous observations made by the same individual in the same area. The military investigation, conducted in accordance with AFR 200-2, concluded that the object was an astronomical body. The reporting officer, Harding, stated that he could offer no further analysis of the possible cause of the sightings at the time of the report.