UFO Report — Cutoff, Louisiana, 6 December 1965

This document is an incoming message to the Department of the Air Force regarding a UFO sighting reported on 6 December 1965 near Cutoff, Louisiana. The primary witness, identified as a pilot with very good reliability and former Marine Corps experience, observed a circular, silver object with a bluish tint while standing on an oil platform. The object appeared to have bright spots on one side and remained stationary overhead for two minutes. The witness subsequently boarded a Cessna 180 and pursued the object for fifty miles. The object eventually landed at an oil platform and remained visible. The report notes that the witness did not observe any evasive action by the object. The Air Force investigation, coordinated through Keesler AFB and the 657th Radar Squadron at Houma AFS, concluded that the object was a possible balloon. The report explicitly states that no balloon releases were known in the area at the time, though Houston Center reported three F122 aircraft flying in the vicinity at 6000 feet.