Project 10073 Record Card — Ocean City, Maryland, 4 May 1963

On May 4, 1963, at approximately 2100 hours local time, a civilian witness in Ocean City, Maryland, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness described the object as a dim white, steady light, roughly the size of a bright star, which moved at a speed comparable to a satellite. Unlike a satellite, however, the witness reported that the object deviated from a straight path, exhibiting an undulating motion. The observation lasted for approximately one minute and thirty seconds. The witness, who was accompanied by E.G. Davis and approximately a dozen others, noted that the object made no sound. The witness compared the object to satellites they had observed in 1959 and 1960, noting that this object appeared to be moving slightly faster and was closer than a typical satellite. The official Air Force evaluation concluded that the object was an aircraft. The investigation noted that the Echo satellite was not visible in the Maryland area at the time of the sighting, and that the flight characteristics and description provided by the witness were consistent with an aircraft.