Vicinity of New Orleans, La., June 1960June 1960

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 Vicinity of New Orleans, La., June 1960 in June 1960. The full case file (4 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 38.

Reported location

Vicinity of New Orleans, La., June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

1 hid ves 0 sb RE 1 ibs oe A Sh NEPEAN 10 A A CR OMI er EB IVE vey rhe yo 0 wo pr it Sr N
| Bh AR PROJECT RECORD CARD SE |
COAST GUARD —— : |
1. DATE rs I— 12. CONCLUSIONS
cinity of New eans, La. 0 Was Bell
k 23 Jun 60 5 mi SE of Breaux Bridge, La. 0 Probably Balleon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 2 Possibly Balloon
; local 2220 ~~~ | 3 Ground-Visuel 0 Ground-Redar BS Probatly Riou
om GMT 2k /ok202 XD Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5S. PHOTOS . R O_ Was Astronomical |
3 0 Yes GX Probably Astronomical Meteor
i oC No { Civilian and Military O Possibly Astronomical | |
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE OTE cinidiihihiitiminstiinibuionin |
5 ; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E Not given one descending to W|O Unknown |
& 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS |
i Object with appearance of a comet with a tail. | This sighting was probably a meteor.
| Object was falling straight down. It was some-| Probably part of meteorological shower
® what of a teardrop shape, but with little or witnessed in New Orleans, Arkansas and
| no taper, appeared brilliant and whitish. The | vicinity. |
. | first head part appeared to bog down, from
' | vhich a second head part fell with tail simils
§ | to first part. Circular object with long burning
| § | tail, appeared to be a very bright meteor. . |
|
BB ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
4 A ‘ i : S
§ R RA a Fo Re dg Was : Gali :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987329

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-06-01