New Orleans, LouisianaFebruary 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 New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1957. The full case file (6 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

New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 1. DATE "2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS fie |
4 ; ; : 0 Was Balloon
8 : 3 February 1957 1 New Orleans, Louisiana Q Probably Balloon
1 aN et Po usI Bl Bal saR
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP = 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION /
4 i ; toc) —o ________ Hi Ground- Vi suol © Ground-Radar a tel
p GMT 04/00452 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
3 Ee oo |
1 3. PHOTOS ; : 8. SOURCE . 19 Was Astronomical Meteor |
QO Yes i X XProbably Astronomical
§ XKNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HT op EE Ca ES |
y = Paiitelent Data for Evaluation i
4 three seconds two vertical iat
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 7% LE
gy Two circular and flat objects, bright Description, duration, manner
pee with a greenish tinge, Objects flew of disappearance and flight path
gos vertically, parallel with each other, indicate that this Sighting was
Bo Objects were seen visually for three probably caused by meteors,
4 seconds and disappeared over the hori-
fo zZ0n,
a ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
o 3 : 4 ree——cem—
B Tie ¢ A

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968897

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Louisiana New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-02-01

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