Houma, LouisianaMay 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Houma, Louisiana in May 1957. The full case file (3 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 27.

Reported location

Houma, Louisiana

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
29 May 1957                     Houma, Louisiana              [] Was Balloon
                                                               [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [] Possibly Balloon
Local _________________         [] Ground-Visual              [] Was Aircraft
GMT 29/2103Z                    [] Air-Visual                 [] Probably Aircraft
                                [] Air-Intercept Radar        [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [] Ground-Radar               [] Was Astronomical
Yes__                                                          [] Probably Astronomical
[] No                           6. SOURCE                     [] Possibly Astronomical
                                                              [] Anamolous prop.
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS         [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
14 minutes                      one                           [] Unknown

9. COURSE
ESE-SE-E-NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    11. COMMENTS

One object seen on ground radar for    Radar analysis indicates anamo-
14 minutes.                             lous propagation as most likely
                                        cause.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969983

Connected across the archive

People

Capt G.T. Gregory Henry J. Miley

Organizations

AFOIN-4E1 AFOIN-4E4

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Houma Houma, LA Houma, Louisiana Louisiana