Project 10073 Record Card and OSI Report — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying report from the 3rd District Office of Special Investigations regarding a sighting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 1958. The observer, a sales manager employed by the Arco Corporation, reported seeing an object while looking into the sky to predict the weather. The object was described as a yellowish point of light, approximately the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. It traveled in a straight path from west to east across the sky for a duration of six to eight seconds before disappearing with flashing lights. The observer noted that there was no sound associated with the object. Weather conditions at the time were reported as having unlimited visibility with no clouds, though there was some haze near the horizon. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the object was a meteor, citing its typical characteristics and description. The report was processed under Air Force Regulation 200-2 and includes handwritten annotations from an evaluator who concurred with the meteor classification, noting that the object's behavior was consistent with meteoric showers.