New Orleans, LouisianaNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1957, a witness at New Orleans, Louisiana, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was an air visual observation that lasted a few minutes.

The object was described as a soft orange ball that moved slowly over the city. The OCR of this card is partly garbled, but it indicates the object faded into the distance.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force suggested it was possibly a mistaken identification of some conventional object. Officers said they could not reach a firm conclusion.

Reported location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

LA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
ATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; O Wes Belloon
Nou ambaye LUST N ¢ OBER 111i o ark a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Bellosn
O Wes Aircraft
Local "RE CGround-Visvel O Ground-Rader Q Probably Aircraft
| [<7] hele AANA X O Ain Visual O Air-Intercopt Rader |O Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS ’ » SOUR O Wes Astronomical
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
i TNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Rp TSN
QO “Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
: TE Hr : O Urknown
a mMinutas O11 Si
Eo 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Dds SLL ge QUleCLy Supetred «SRR be: FOSS1vlYy mistaken idenciiicacion
> $& Wi Lianis Win goft requ orange of Some conveationai wiajast OF
4 Hee Ala 4 WQLA00 0 SCLNLde ROVIR2Y' SA 4 FE «agit over ithe ci LY WiILR SUZues
. EEE te RT i a gasavvagrad Ito L1Q1 di adniLuaance irom the roacent
| ht GRR, Re oud terials Level and 1€2, Cannot concludz
‘ Dil Be £0 Be Wy Ad 4 73 Sit ESSN o PY
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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