Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — England AFB, Louisiana, 21 Nov 60

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a UFO sighting on the evening of November 21, 1960, near England Air Force Base in Louisiana. The witness, identified as a secretary to the Director of Operations for the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, reported observing a round, white object, approximately the size of a basketball, moving across the sky before suddenly descending. The observation lasted for five minutes. Captain Aloysius A. Caffrey, the Assistant Intelligence Officer for the 401st TFW, conducted the investigation. Initial reports indicated that no radar contact was made and no unusual activity was recorded in the area by the 73rd Air Control and Warning Squadron. Following the investigation, the military concluded that the sighting was likely caused by a powerful searchlight battery operated by a newly opened bowling alley in the vicinity. The report notes that the searchlights were sweeping the sky during the time of the observation, and the reporting officer concluded that this was the most probable explanation for the phenomenon, noting that other Air Force personnel had also reported seeing similar lights that evening and had initially mistaken them for unidentified objects.