Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Shreveport, Louisiana, February 1962

This document contains an Air Intelligence Information Report and a Project 10073 Record Card regarding a sighting of an unidentified flying object in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the nights of 18 and 19 February 1962. The witness, an all-night service station attendant, reported observing a round object with a blue flame and a ten-foot red tail on two consecutive nights. The object appeared at approximately 45 degrees elevation and maintained a straight, level flight path at an estimated altitude of 500 feet. The witness noted that the flame would extinguish, leaving nothing behind, and the entire observation lasted only a few seconds each time. Major John R. Aidem of the 4238th Strategic Wing interviewed the witness in person on 19 February 1962. The official conclusion reached by the intelligence officers was that the sightings were consistent with meteors. Despite the presence of a red tail, investigators noted there was no evidence of the object breaking up, and no satellite reentries were recorded for those dates. The report suggests the sightings were coincidental, noting that the Herculids meteor shower occurs around February 20. While the official conclusion categorized the event as a meteor, the investigator's notes in the report acknowledge that the speed and description of the object did not seem to fit any known object.