New Orleans, LouisianaFebruary 1955

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# New Orleans, Louisiana - February 1955

During Mardi Gras celebrations in February 1955, four people in New Orleans saw an object in the sky that caught their attention. The object appeared as a round, orange or reddish light, roughly the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. The witnesses watched it for approximately four minutes.

The Air Force investigated the sighting through Flight 2-C. Their conclusion was that the object was a balloon that had been released as part of the Mardi Gras festivities. The case file indicates this was marked as "probably balloon" in the official evaluation.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 18 pages of microfilm.

Reported location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

LA / US

Page count

18 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 18

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E I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E Sioa , ? ; 0 WYos Balloon
3 L5 February 1955 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
3 Lele a cil ape vii HE Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Bed WB
3 E CaM 16/00477 _ Hg S| Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intarcept Radar RX Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 2 SEC AES: | Va oT] TE rE A RG dt
: 0OVYoes 0 Probaby Astronomical
4 No 3 Civilian 5 : 0 Possibly Astronomical
fr 7. LENGTH OF OB3ERYATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IE RTD fl inion kisonss
H 0 Insufficient Dora for Evaluation
§- A 0 Unknown
F __4 minutes 1 one ENE
5 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E A yellowish orange light moving in ong Possibly a/c.
br direction, wavering to one side, Was
¢ blinking when faded from view,
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4
E ATIC FORM 325 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961251