SE Of New Orleans, November 1954November 1954

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Summary

On November 19, 1954, a civilian pilot southeast of New Orleans reported six objects in the sky. The sighting lasted about three to five minutes. The objects disappeared toward the northeast.

The objects were described as blue and white, flashing, and moving up and down before disappearing in the northeast.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as astronomical. The card stated the sighting was definitely a star.

Reported location

SE Of New Orleans, November 1954

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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: 1. DATE [X LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
19 November 1954 SE of New Orleans tf Wax Suiluin |
i 0 Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon |
2 ¥ 0 Wos Aircrafy
Local fio 0 Ground-Visual DO Ground-Rodar a Probably Aireroft |
CMT 20, 03142 A AirVisual O Air-intercespt Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft |
3. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE B Was Astronomical /ST/R |
! O Yes 00 Probobly Astronomical |
: i & Ne Civilian - Pilot O Possibly Astronomical |
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I'8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CIE re AR |
0 Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
§ g gi EO 0 Unknown
Ee | 3 to 5 minutes 6 NE |
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
| Blue and white, flashing, moving up and down, | Was definitely a star |
i | Uisappeared in NE |
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