Metairie, LouisianaOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 30, 1957, in Metairie, Louisiana, a civilian observer reported a bluish light leaving a long luminous trail without sound, observed during daylight at approximately 2:15 p.m. The object bore between 223-240 degrees heading northeast in horizontal flight low on the horizon. The object was believed to be at 200-300 miles altitude. The sighting lasted 5 seconds and involved one object. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Metairie, Louisiana

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
30 October 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 20/2015Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 Seconds

2. LOCATION
Metairie, Louisiana

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
NE

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Was Astronomical Biolool
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bluish light leaving long luminous trail, without sound, observed during day at bearing between 223-240 dgrs heading NE in horizontal flight low on horizon. Object believed to be at 200-300 mi altitude.

11. COMMENTS
Speed, duration and description indicate observation of a meteor. Daylight observation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972562