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Case FileNARA NAID 28999776 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

New Orleans, LouisianaNovember 1962

Insufficient Data

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 November 1962. The full case file (3 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 47.

Reported location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

LA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 1003 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 November 1962
2. LOCATION: New Orleans, Louisiana
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, X-Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 11/2320Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X-Ground-Visual, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: Yes, X-No
6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not rptd
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: two
9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two bright flashes rptd on moon.

11. COMMENTS: Only information given was that bright flashes rptd on moon. Case considered as insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999776

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Military

Places

LouisianaNew Orleans, LANew Orleans, Louisiana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

11/2320Z11 November 196219621962-11-01

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