Project 10073 Record Card — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 23 December 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated operational immediate teletype message regarding a UFO sighting reported on December 23, 1958, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The witness, a woman residing at 1900 N. 3rd Street, reported observing a stationary, star-shaped object for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. She described the object as being the size of a baseball and displaying colors of red, green, blue, and orange, accompanied by sparks and rays. The report includes detailed weather and wind aloft conditions for the time of the sighting, noting clear skies. Following the report, the Assistant Operations Officer at the Olmsted Flight Service Center directed the control tower to scan the area with binoculars, but nothing was sighted. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the observer likely witnessed a first-magnitude star within the constellations of Taurus or Orion, as star charts confirmed these were in the direction indicated by the observer.