6 Mi SE of Alexandria, La., June 1959June 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 6 Mi SE of Alexandria, La., June 1959 in June 1959. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

6 Mi SE of Alexandria, La., June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE Fatt 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 5
: i ; Od Was Balloon
20) han 50 yee “SHEET Ltexandria, La. 0 Prebably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION —| Bt Possibly Balloon
: Ie i 0D Was Aircraft |
Local eis se B Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar C1 Probably Aircraft
ef V pi ne AO Ye ng i Hehy 0 Air-Visueal CI Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
a No Flatten siec deg O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION Be 78. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE reali BEER Bes
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Se 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING = = 11. COMMENTS 2 ;
Orange-white obj, size of pea, oblong, Possibly balloon, The color is
. rg ECF I 5 hake eg 8 ra] i a 3 leer PAT Le : 1 ¥ a ph oF y HPC | = 3 15 HAT, rm H
Very: Oe £86. y a HLOW aX OU: «LG. WD] Lyplcal NES RUE OF WH Gl TD TW a lr 2 0 Ea COE i pd RIE LS Bf ol
appeared to be going straight up. conditions would contribute to the
appearance of a ring around the obj.
Flight path also indicates a balloon.
AXIS FORM 339 (RXV 26 S2P 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983558

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-06-01