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CASE REFERENCE7228698

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONNew Orleans Louisiana

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

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12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Wos Balloon
D Probably Bclloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

New Orleans, Louisiana _
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

——-—!|0 Possibly Balloon

O Was Aircroft
EX Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft

O Yes

tT No Civilian

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Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomicol

7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION

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1 to 1s minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

Other

Insufficient Dota for Evaluotion

Unknown

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northwest

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One blimp shaped, shiny surface, seen
for 1 to 1§ minutes moving northwest,

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11. COMMENTS

Description, duration, flizht
path indicates that this sight-
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1. DATE : 2. LOCATION

5 November 1957
3. DATE-TIME GROUP

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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at leading edge traveling at high
rate of speed. No sound,

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Beiloon
Possibly Belloon

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Possibly Aircraft

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11. COMMENTS
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Pessibly Balloon
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2. LOCATION

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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12. CONCLUSIONS

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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
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three pieces, Color changing Im white
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round,
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