New Orleans, LouisianaNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1957, a civilian in New Orleans, Louisiana reported seeing one blimp-shaped object with a shiny surface. The object moved to the northwest and was visible for 1 to 1.5 minutes. The sighting occurred at 12:07 GMT (early morning local time). The object had no appendages, no contrail, no tail, and produced no noise. It moved at a speed similar to a cloud. The object appeared to glow from underneath and showed sun reflection on top. The observer was positioned 4.5 miles east of Moisant Airport at uncertain altitude. Weather conditions included 2,500 feet scattered clouds, visibility 1.5 miles, wind variable at 4 knots, temperature 77 degrees Fahrenheit, and dew point 66 degrees. Several airlines reported approaches during that time, but no definite estimate of distance could be made. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

Reported location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                           12. CONCLUSIONS
   November 1957                    New Orleans, Louisiana               [] Was Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP                3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION               [] Probably Balloon
   Local______                    [X]Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar   [] Possibly Balloon
   GMT 01/12:07Z                  [] Air-Visual       [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS                         4. SOURCE                            [] Was Aircraft
   [] Yes                         Civilian                             [] Probably Aircraft
   [X] No                                                              [] Possibly Aircraft

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION          8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE      [] Was Astronomical
   1 to 1½ minutes                one               northwest         [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                      [] Possibly Astronomical
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING     11. COMMENTS                        [] Other
                                                                      [] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
One blimp shaped, shiny surface, seen   Description, duration, flight    [] Unknown
for 1 to 1½ minutes moving northwest.   path indicates that this sight-
                                        ing was probably caused by an
                                        a/c.

AC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972620