Alexandria, La., July 1958July 1958

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On July 25, 1958, observers in Alexandria, Louisiana, reported an unidentified flying object at 2330Z (about dusk) local time. One witness was a military pilot, Lt. Bailey, and another was a civilian housewife. They described one round object the size of a grapefruit, which changed from red to white. It had an intermittent trail that looked like sparks. The object moved from east to north-northeast, then faded out. It was in sight for about 3 minutes.

Weather was clear with high broken clouds and 15-mile visibility. Base operations at England Air Force Base reported several night flights in progress at the time. The investigating officer believed the object was aircraft navigation lights but said available information made a firm conclusion impossible. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was probably aircraft, noting the sighting was characteristic of an aircraft at dusk. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Alexandria, La., July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

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| PROJECT 10072 RECORD CARD id
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
: : O Woes Balloon 1
) 11 58 Alexandria [a o Probably Balloon 4
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION sell tein thedstiond
WOME wbsestprmiesumanasm f6round- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 Probably Aircraft
GMT 25/23302 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS . RCE O Was Astronomical !
O Yes O Probably Astronomical

No ; Military & Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I I i isin

: 8 i oil Date for Evaluation

3 mins one E to NE siti
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, size of grapefruit, red then| Winds at cross angle to movement |
‘| white, Had intermittent trail, resem-|of obj. Sighting characteristic
bling sparks. Obj faded out, of a/c at dusk, Duration consis- |
tent with investigating officer, |
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