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New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 30 Novenber 957 New Orleans,Louisiana 口 Probably Bclioon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local DGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroit GMT_30/20112 D Air-Visuai D Air-intorcopt Rodar 口 Possi bly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口Y3s 口 Probobly Astronomical .DNo Gilitary (uscG) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 OthOrUNIDRNTIEIEY 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 口xUnknown 20 minutes threo 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One object round,brilliant white,ost Exeept for the very long duratoi s" diameter.gradually descending from (12 min) the obj has ail deserip 70 dgrs altitude to 3o dgr altitude. tive characteristics of a bolide Changing color to gold then to red at No check made at time of rpt on

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