Louisiana, May 1963May 1963

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On May 15, 1963, several witnesses in Louisiana reported a V shaped or triangular object with a ball of light at its tip and a faint contrail. The first observers, on the ground near Lecompte and Kolin, saw it 30 to 35 degrees above the horizon in the southeast. The object looked about the size of a five cent piece at arm's length and moved rapidly to the south or southeast.

The object was also seen from the air. A Delta Airlines pilot on flight 677 near Shreveport watched it for about 10 minutes, and the pilot of an F-102 landing at New Orleans watched it for about 2 minutes, noting a bright trail about 3 miles long. The witnesses included civilians and military pilots, all rated reliable. Skies were clear with scattered clouds.

Eglin Air Force Base reported firing a meteorological rocket at about the time of the sightings. The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, evaluated the case as a rocket. One officer also noted the object's extreme altitude and suggested possible re-entry of material from astronaut Cooper's flight.

Reported location

Louisiana, May 1963

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Wos Balloon

3 15 May 1963 Louisiana O Probably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ra

: : toed rn — 3K Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a bbe Ha Ld REP |

E CMT 15/14 12-14262 XA Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |

1 S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE ; 0 Was Astronomical | .

g 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

HXNo | Military & Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ox Other Rocket

: 1&2) 15 mins 3) 10 mins | | E kr bh Data for Evaluation

: 4) 2 minutes one S to SE

: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1) V shaped or 11. COMMENTS |

triangular obj with ball of light at Meteorological rocket launched

: apex, slight cone or contrail., 30-35 fm Eglin AFB at time of sighting.) |

| dgr elevation in SE. Observer in Le-

EH Compte LA. 2) Kolin, La. Obj about

size of 5 cent piece at arm's length,

d waving rapidly to SE. Ground sighting

: for 15 minutes, 2) white obj ohserved <

: ¢m air in sight for 10 min, Obj move S pr SE.

; natta airlines flight 677 at Shreveport], La.

: 4) F-102 landing at New Orleans cbsvd ab]

for 2 mins. very bright w/trail for about

; .3 miles.

EE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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