Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence — 8 January 1963

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and supporting message forms regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 8 January 1963 in College Park, Maryland. A spherical, red-orange object, estimated to be between the size of a silver dollar and a baseball, was observed by multiple witnesses, including a premedical student at the University of Maryland. The object was seen moving on a straight course from the western sky to the eastern horizon over a period of three to five minutes. The witnesses utilized 7x50 binoculars, though no specific features were discernable. Official inquiries to the Washington ARTC Center confirmed there was no unusual radar activity or air traffic in the vicinity at the time. Meteorological data indicated a subsidence inversion, but the forecaster expressed skepticism that this was the cause of the sighting. The final assessment concluded that the object was likely a jet aircraft with an afterburner, noting that the object's speed and trajectory were inconsistent with a balloon or satellite.