DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6966403
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONHouma Louisiana
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloan
1 December 1957 Houma, Louisiana 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Passibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 02/0150 to 0214Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Alreraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE .OX Was Astronomical Venus
Y.s Probobly Astronomical
xa No Civilian & Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data Evaluation
Unknown
24 minutes one WSW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object-m colored light, round, Checked:
size of baseball. changed lor - whitq, 1. Astro charts
yellow, red, orange and green. Object 2. Computers
at first steady then moved slowly below 3. Current astro journal
horizon. Object observed following indicates obj was probably Venus
night under same condisions. night under same condisions.
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UFOB INDEX CARD
ATSS-UFOR-733-57
1. DATE 20c5 1 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
-10 Jan 58- Forma, La. 0 Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon 7/
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 PossiblyE Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
02/01502 Dec 57 00 Probably Aircraft
AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
CXxNo Civilian and Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Twenty-four minutes One See balow Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round multi-colored object the size Descripti flight path
of a baseball. Object was seen stationary indicate that
at times, then descended slowly to the
horizon in the WSW. Object was in sight for
24 minutes.
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A. 015OZ 2 DEC 1957 TO 0214Z 2 DEC 1957 VENWS- (
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5.2935N 9038W
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260 40K P5 32035K M2 61@/40K M8 MISSING 280/60K M26
30000 35000 40000 45000 C
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270/100K M50 260/80K M59
A. CLEAR, WINDS CALM AT SURFACE, 15M VISIBILITY ALSO SAME AS ABOVE (
B. SURFACE CALM 5000, 260/40K, 10000, 320/35K, 16000, 310/40K (=
20000 MISSING, 30000 270/70K, 50000 260/50K
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INFO RJEPNB/COMDR DEFENSE FORCE
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. A MULTI COLORED LIGHT, ROUND
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C. CHANGED COLOR-WHITE, YELLOW, RED,ORANGE, GREEN C
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I. NONE
2 FIRST STEADY, THEN MOVED WESTSOUTHWEST UNTIL BELOW HORIZON (
A• EIRST OBSERVOR SAW OBJECT 3 WEEKS AGQ YESTERDAY AND TODAY J
CODD DEGREES ANGLE ELEVATION 250 DEGREES AZIMUTH FROM HOUMA LA J
DREMAINED STEADYHFOR 18 MINUTES, THENMOVED WEST SQUTHUEST (
E DISAPPEARED SLOWLY OVER HORIZON
F.24 MINUTES 1
3. VISUAL SAW The Light
A GROUND VISUAL Three Tines
B. NONE
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LAST NIGHT EXCEPT THAT I THE LIGHT T APPEARED ABOUT 20 MINUTES
EARLIER. I AGAIN CHECKED NEW ORLEANS AND ALSO WITH MR. MIKE 1s Sei
- FUORI (A TEXAS OIL CO FLYER) IN HOUMA. THERE IS NOT SUPPOSED FUORI (A TEXAS OIL CO FLYER) IN HOUMA. THERE IS NQT SUPPOSED
TO BE ANY FLYING THAT WE KNOW OF SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA, LA. THE
LIGHT APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER HIGHER (AZIMUTH) AND BRIGHTER AZIMUTH) AND BRIGHTER
THAN LAST NIGHT C C
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