Project 10073 Record Card — Chalmette, Louisiana, 7 August 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a corresponding teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial sighting that occurred on 7 August 1958 in Chalmette, Louisiana. The report details a sighting of three star-like objects observed by a civilian, their family, and neighbors. The witnesses described the objects as traveling at high speed in formation and possessing the ability to stop in mid-air. The objects were reported to be silent. The sighting occurred at 2030Z and 2050Z, approximately one mile north of the Kaiser Aluminum plant. Following the report, military authorities investigated the incident. Jet aircraft were present in the area at the time of the sighting and were scrambled to intercept or identify the objects; however, the subsequent search yielded no observations of the reported phenomena. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the objects were 'probably aircraft.' The report explicitly notes that the reliability of the source was considered 'doubtful' and that the duration of the sighting was omitted from the record. The teletype confirms that there was no physical evidence and that the weather conditions were clear with a seven-mile haze.