USAF record 28972779 (1957)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 4 November 1957

2. LOCATION 5 Mi East of Noisant, La. A/

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS Yas [REDACTED] No [REDACTED]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Square, orange colored obj, size of a boxcar. In sight for 3 seconds stationary, then moved behind a cloud. Altitude and distance unknown. Resem- bled streak of light.

11. COMMENTS Streak of light observed for 3 seconds. Probable meteor sighting, As total duration was 3 seconds. Stationary aspect of obj attributed to optical illusion.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon,

Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft,

Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical,

Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown