1. D~ olJ'flGROUP D October 1950 Ci v.ll1 ell\ NUMBER OF OBJECn PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. L~ \TION New Orleans 10. CONCLUSION In''ficient Data 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OISERVA nON ground visual t. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD liP '' 0-329 (TDE) Object circled in a Northerq direction. ltfm more than a ~"!!f awq. l2 shiny objects. Observed tor two hours. ~lor bri~ t 11 q tA:> oplescm t. No pattern or formation. Motion erratic. Not. q hi~P Form hospital. No dleck on validity ot ai~ting. Not, stated dq cr n1(jat. PNI ed U1ae _, Ole fc:a esr M 1 & the Ro.pSt&le ft~ llut an ntrenelf hi~ .-re thaD aalle cll1taat, (I) ....._. ot Obe r\atl Vinal fr a wladow ot Bc.apltal . Obeer,e4 tor ap~oxltlr tift' (2) houra. (4) De1orlptlone l.e (12) Bb~, apparently .. ttallo, dlln& aplrDlnt: objeote with rO\lnd bndlea aftd 1lsort ..-iDCI O'bjeote wre no1al aDd lett no 1lblA ahau1t tralla Tl"~Y appt;IU"e4 to be oo:~atantly eplanlnc lo cletlDlte r&ttra ot tonr.atlon wae !'!&in talned. Color ~lght p-q to opaleeoeat. (I) 4 that h hae tloua a pasa.ngor oa prl"t&te atrplau aw tt.a. (I) Wo ~loal .,tdenoe obtainable. ~ teoro- logloal ooudition were reportd which could haY~ aco0Qhte4 tor thle el;htlnc o !he ehreYeE.ctrt !1m a of 7 11oYaa~r 1950, 'carr led the followin.c &COO\lllt o/wtlyiiii aliOIn reportedly Mightt.d. b7 mbere ot & hal~ ot J I'Yllle, loulalDa, on 8 Ncwber 19GOa Jcuarl.lle, In 6 (Speolal) ~'nybg J&uoere' de their tlrat reporte4 ap~J<aranoe over Catahoula Slnclq at the 11tt1e rinr tara ot c.s. Poytoa l& all at ot Joun-llle. About 145 p.a. Judy Pell, the tuiq cook, waa hr wa:r h atter waa.hinr. the dimr.r d1eh She l'\&8he4 JAto the Peyton houe ehoutillc, 'thare ' r,hoeta doae attAr Ill r1c:ht ill the broad opel\ day- l~pt. Thr' ho.-riDc rlpt out there ower the trao a~x ..U.ra ot the Peytoa taail.T nqhe4 tlde to the aauoer, which b)r that t1 hacl rlaell to .. aatS..te4 bleht or 60 teet abcwe the grouad. E.Y ~eytoD eal" what the~ eaw waa ao br1r,ht and 1h~ w owlclD t tell ADthiac about lta eb&pe or .t.a they watoW, he aai4, the .auoer wat up to am-thwat. the" wwre twiD exhauate, euoh ..u b.v jet pl- 1nat tbl xhun cllc:l aot atq ,ara1Ja1. he .a1d. DECLASSIFIED AF'fl~l~ 12 Y \,, . .,. DOD Dllt 5200.10 DNCt:ASSlEIEil IJet lnte111ce-le DO ft, 7 loY 10, n3 le IINCI:ASSIFIED ot lfDO oaweatl '-Jt eald he r:ot a pooat teleaoope aad watched but oC*ld newr " plalal7 what at,oa4 ot the -,ap trail !be objeot did not h\11'1'11 'it took lte tiM aDd dleappeard f'ltoa elght la about tlye al1Ute a. At the laet, he ated, the Yapor trail ap~.ared to be red ud theD blullhe ltfbe feytOD ooqk deol&Hcl that there wea-e two ot thea tblnt: owr the traotor al\e4 aad they ,..... lon~ aad roUD4 lllal olcar.~ !he '" OrlttAD sta~.;~oa 10 Ootobar uu;o. oarrlect the following repOrt o~ oboeratlon. by th "It waaa ahaped 111:11 a aauoer", th elder reuGWttecl. "It waa a1o.aped llke a loat ot bread." J!e salcl lt-wee alo1l~ W&T ~ up. tel the objeot hacl no wine aDd mad8 "no not.. wha t " "It eztra brl~t. not lib the aun waa ~hlcS.nJ on a platw," ealct. "It bllnkln" like etar. Froa where we wertt atand-~ , lt appflared to be 20 to 2' inoreR long. It waa extre~lr blr,h." ealcl they watohecl the objeot tor about tift lllnut It wae mcwlng til a northerly cU.reotion, he eajod. He dl:n~ aay whether lt waa ~'aped like a ot ~DOh bread or the Arican t71 reot~Ular loar e !he tollowinB letter waa printed Ia the Jfew Orlean 'riM 1 floaxun ot 18 October 1~50 . r.dltor, the !imee-rtoayune 1 r<Ja4 a~aill thla aornblr. ot tho" two pllota wl'o dldll t t.llew 1n tlr1D& wt who aotually thea and ftCM' a .. tillle a:;o a oldler Sa Arl1ona aaid be aaw a rooket ahlp. Well. you ou te 11 that aolcl1or that h 't ~ tbln:;a beoauae 1 bell I aaw it too. "Yw ... S.t waa thla Y Daok ln 1947 w wre out oa tba lab ahrlllpialc lt waa juet betore 1\lndown. I l)'lDg Oil ~ baok oa top atep ot the aeawall whea I tad the teel!De that ao,.'body waa atarln~ at Y ... ll, I turned WI head ancl looked arOUDd but nobocty ._, lookinc at "All ot a 1ud.dea l loobd up at th eq and then thl1 objeot. It loobcl to at the moa.at liD a blr. rook. I kept rq .,_. oD it ancl oalled to the otbera to loot at it, but all ot a 1uddea it patta of n ... and l-JI and ..... COM It traYeled little war with the flret putt, but with tbe putt lt &ODI DECLASSIFIED AF'l'E it 12 ). - 0 l 0 .l LASSifh..Jt_ . I : : z t.ft k'-pt 41"let about tt all thle tt., llut .. I I tell JOU abed lte llpd t. ot 17 Ootolter 10&0, edltorlally, epeou lated preoed , ot "IMlO~'re Ia laml Airline lr,.o , pllot aDd !he eclltor OD tbe ola al~hta la1t r.briarr a Ull Kl1elle &pert, aD4 uded, le lt pOll that the three GfOUpl ot expert oboel'~l'l ld haw leea about lDR tht 'l'he Alr Foree, whloh cla.lm to haw 1peat two rear lrlTtl atlac noh repone, r.&l ealcl 'detlnlteJ.T al We he1l tate to oa11 the Air F'oroe IPtl,.ator llar1 Llkll -'" w heeltate to patlon tbe e7pert oplld ot tl'alllecl Mrlt.l Oblll'ftl'l alrpl&De pilot Ia taot, dOll t dare 1&7 wbat w bel len about le AC!ICih Boa Gopl turDiabeda ,. 00, AMC, Attaa I:C18 (Sa cl.aplloate) 1a t.cl "7 thle beadquartfto e DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR I~Tl~ '' ' ; ~ DECLASSIFIED AFTEH 12 YE. ~ :.~. UNCLASSIFIED ftl IMSPIC'IOl GBNBlW. . . ottloe or 8ptc1al lnveat.1eat.10ftl ttl\ OBI Dlatrlot '"' tw-rrt.ucrncr. 1U'P(!t IVMO!t leporta ot V.ooaeatlcmal Alrora.ft Dlreotar ot lpool&l IDYtl~tloDa neadquartora VD1te4 ltatea Alr Foro WaahlAGtoa 11, D. o. 1. fti0PSI8t leoent roporte or tlt:htlnc ot uoD"Dtloaal air oraft la t&ilal&H are, brletl7 u to11owat A tlaaltan~cnaa alchtlnt: b;y tatl\flr &Del on. relclent ot ., Orloa_ne, oa 10 Oo~'ber 18&0, ot a nolal brlp\ o'bjoot at a rat a1tltu4e :------- _ . J!.e }'_w- {12) brir,ht. rauod, d1Yln& and eplnn1ne objeota tr a window ln JltaW"Oil"tawi;-on 10 or 11 OotQber 1D50e 'the ShreVtJlO~ T1:-.tts ot 7 :;Qvonbor 10SO, in a apoolal r port troa JoaeaY111o. doooribod hovor1n' oujoot1 1een by awmbGra ot a A letter to the r.dltor ot 'l'ho T1.,ea ,!'1o.~.,, J:e-.y OrlC"ana, loulsl&na, Oil 18 Ootober lDGO, daor1be4 tle 1ie;htins or the "tlr1~ oa.uoera" lD 1947 'lh !low 0r1f'lana Itn111 on 1'1 OotobPr 1950, ditorlally, oocaented about -w:frilng aauoera"tl o'bcrYcl by t1t.1' (2) l.f1aml A1rllnea Ino pilot a on the preoecllbc r.un4ay, bJ' Cor::azadtr ROBFRT B. MoiAUOBLII, Uml, la1t Febru&rJ'e I. Dt'l'AI ts I ! ., and hla .on, both real cleata ot 1 t.t.rtet, 1Tcw Or1oann, 1 ana, nre 1nterTlowe4 'bT a Rpeolal Acc-nt ot the 0ft1oe ot ssx~o1a1 lnYeat1catloDa Oil 1~ and 26 1960, rpeotlnq, aacl raportod, lmultoaeoualy, the leht~ ot .. aa unnornatlonal tlriD& objcot .. Dta&Ua aa au\altteci b)' 1 . . (l) ~1m OT1G houra, io Ootober 18150. Objeo\ ~n4er ~ o!taervatlGil trca tln (I) to tea (10) a1D&toa. DO 11, Y loy 10, n113 Report ot (I) Looatlont Ob,ora wre lD the nolchborhood of the . realclenoe ill the Dorthoat portion ot llnw Orltt&nee Obae"atloa ,., tlra\ a at an aa!J:auth or a,,proxiMto~ '' Mer 'lruo an4 na trawllftB ln a Dorth"rly cllrootloD !be o~aortere eatlr.late4 that the objeot tl)'lA& at aa altl t\ade ot a\ 1' ODe ( 1) all (I) Manaer ot Obaortatlcmt Ylaual trca t.btt ;ra.alld. (4) Weatbor Colldltlcmet Brlcht 1\Ul DO ol~ (1) Deaorlptloll ot Objoott (a) Aooordlng to ~oint ot atote p1J*. Slae aad ehape ot a teet b,y a to ' inch (b) AooordlDC Shape4 ltt. the elde ot a eauoer. 10 to '0 teet long and I to 4 tet (o) Objoot r.lowecl lri~ht w\th a whitlahblue li~ht. Both obaerv~ra 1aw "'ocull&r" apote beroro their eyo1 tor --------------o=ne=---to tt1o mlnuto1 arter atar1nr; at the objot r('!lo,d;c:..J that tho objoot 'lt\n ermpos@'d ot bricht 11ehte m1lob cllatened liko tucota on a d1a ond. ~1 objoot~d no nniRe and lort no vi1lble xho.uat trail. No oetlnat.~ ot ep<'e4 waa ada. 1hct objeot ta4gcl in th cU otanco untll it waa a minute apeok or 11r~t and t~on diaappoarod nnt b~low the horizon. Dot:1Detio cluol:a or tho ' althO\l;b . .. aoouatoaed to th arpoaran~ or normal alrorart. lD41oote4 alar.m at th polaeleae flying objeot (8) Jro -~orolo~loal ooncl1t1on waa lrllli1oated 11hloh 11\S.r;bt aooOUDt tor the al~t1nc !to ph)"aloal eTldence wae obtalM4e !J Vf--OM tl aocl tht.t he has been ln ml11tary eor 1 tard.liar with the appoarance or ftN"m.al air toulala~, oil 1Z Ooto~r l&so. rpo~t4 W lier tolloi - ow Orl~an 1e4 tlflnc objota a (l) !1"-.' 10 or 11 Octobtar 19&0 (bO\lr unknown). (I) Looatlon ot Oberr ChGrlt.r Boep1ta1. HewOrlftan Z..la , 0\ljeot oirole4 lA a DOrtherly dlreotloa ADED AT 3 YEAR IN'l 'f~H'{: ALS: IFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. leport, GO ft, 7 lew 10, ult~l Repor\et Ua obtentloul ftt the Jtoap1tal. tho~ wore aore thu a all dlotuat, '*' aot oatreMll hlr,h (I) lta~aner ot Obo:r\'at!ona Vlaual trom a window ot Hoapltal Oba~r,4 tor aprroxl:w.lelr tW'C' (2) hour a (t) Deaorlptlont ~olva (12) &bln,, Apparently mettallo, 41Ylnt: r1r.alnr. objeota with rouncl bndiea atacl al~ort ~in~ Object were noiaeloa and lttt no Y1o1bl ahau1t tralla. n,ay appti"rtld +~ be co:~atantlr PlMlnC Wo cletl.nlto p&ttC'rn ot tor:r.ation Y1a1 rr.alA \alntMI. Color wa 'brlr)1t r;q to opaleaoent (I) ~OPOtA~ ad~o4 th~t h ha1 tlowD a pasan1or oa prl-.ate atrplanta m"' tlaeae (e) Wo pbyeloal nlclonoo "'"'' obt~1nablo. J:o motooro lo,;loAl ooudi tiona ttere repen-ted which ooulcl have aco~te4 tor thla al&htlnc , . o. ,!ht throv~Rnrt T!m~s ot 7 nov~mbr 1050 carri~4 the fo11owillt; aCOO\lAt Of "Wf}1n,~ diacs ropor1;etdly l'ir;ht~cl b)" metmOOtl ot A tal~ or avill toula1ana. on G Jrwmbttr 19:i0a .roooavlllo. !roy 6 (Spoo1a.l) Fly1Dg Jauoora' aacte their t1rat rt~portecl &!p.::arance over Catahoult. Sunclq -at the llttlo r1Vf'r rr..rm or c.s. Po)'tOA aSx all eouthwoat or Jonor.Ylll About la~G P Judy l14':11. tbtt .r~ily cooJ: was em her ny hc:no attar wanhi113 the d1r.n~r diGh She nahe4 bo.ck -into the Peyton hcuao ehoutlnr;. 'th~r ' r;ho1t1 done ccme attAr mo r!.(;ht in tl1e broad open day- lipt. !her' honrlDr; rla:tt. out thGre over the trao a1x llo.-ra ot tho l'oyton tamlly ruehd ct.ltralde to tee the ea.uoor. Ylhleh by that tine bacl r1aen to all ait1mate4 blcht or 60 ttat above tht crouad . B .Y. Per taD eta.1d what tho~ &\1' waa 'ao 'br1~ht and 1hiu7 we owlciD t tell ~iDe about lta ahapa or .&a they wrntohecl he aa14 the cauoera nt up to th nor'tbm-at There wore twln xhauata. auoh aa M4e bt .1et pla lna' exhau.at cl14 an 1tq paral~l. u aa1de DOWNGRADED AT 3 Y~AR INTEn'"ALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 1~ YBAR.i. DOll DlR ~OO..l~ lpet Jatellfce a. ao. a\lb3 Bepor' ot VDOOII'I IJRa:ASSIFIED r.JtOD eaSel ~ eot a poo~t to1oaaope and watohod the aauoer 1Nt oou14 newr a.-. plainly wtaa t ataoacl ot tha npw tralla !he objoat dlcl not b"'"7'J 'it took ita tS.. ah4 dlaapraear_. troa lr;ht Ia I\ bout tl.e alzuto 1 At the laat, he ated the apor wall appt .. aro4 to be reel thea bl\lS.Ih 1---------. !fb,_pqtcm oook.~oolar4 that there:wer-e two or u.~a thine onr tho traator ahecl uad th7 re.lon~ aD4 roWlcl llkll oS.car. . cl !he lew Orl"ana ~ta~:;n.oa 10 October 1 oarrlo4 the tollowln~ repert o~ oboorYatlon~ by thn "It wann't lba.,_ct llko a 1auoitr" til oldetr oauntc:d. "It i":"UI ahapud llka & broacl... Jie oAld lt \7&1 alon~. a~, ~ up." aald. the alcm-tlylDg objeat hn4 no w1nr,a and rnada "no nolao what "It waa extra brlr,ht, not llkn the eun ~ ~hlcin~ on a plnnG," xt bllnklnr: lil:o a atar. From more n wore etancl &p)M'arocl to be 20 to 24 lnc~ett lnnr;. It Yftlll extremely hl~h" 1&14 tllttJ' watobecl the objec~ tor about tlve m1nutt~ee It was mwlnr; in a nortborlJ dll'ec~lon he aahi. He dic!n't oay wbothor lt ma.a $!u~pe4 11ko a or Frenob wea4 or the American atyle rootanc;ular loar. . !he to11ow1n~ lot tor na prlnte4 ~ ~he low Orlean TimE a Plaal\!! ot 18 October 1.900t ..... r.41tor, !he :'1~r.ea-r1oayune I rc;ad A~ata thle aorJdnr, ot thoao t'-:o pilota Yh'o dldJl t ~11aw in 'tlJiDg aauoora' 'tNt who actualq aaw thom and na.Y bellow. . . aae t111le az;o a ao141or ill Arlaona 11ald he a&w a rooket ahlpe 11ell-. )'CN oan tell that aoldior that h 1; ltiG~ thint;l beCIUliO .I ballOTI l aAW S.t too "Yw ace lt waa thla Y Dack 1n 104? l'mre out : . .on the lako ahrl:nplnt;. lt was juet botore eundo,:n. I : lylns on rq back on tho top atop ot the ooaw.ll when . ' 1.~&4 the tcollnc that eoTl'WJbody wae atar1n~ at mo. i':ell .. , J turDe4 rq head and lookod arouad m but nobody waa All ot a eu4den I looked up at th~ k7 and there tbl objeot. It looked to ~:lee at tho momont lib a bit: rock. I kopt rq oy. a on it an4 oaUoci to tho othera to look at lt, but all ot a eudden it WLdo tflo . patte ot n.-. and bl and l'Y&I cone.. It trATele4 a 11 ttlo way with the tlrat patt but with the oeoOD4 . . DOWNGRADED AT 3 YF.AR lNIEH'! Al.Bt DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. fiNCLAs.SIF.IED 1 haft k,pt quiet abcNt It all thla tla~, but aw I t.lt I aua\ wrlte and tell rou aho1&t lte llf:Md ua. .n:sa var ncm1t te rho Wew Orletan" Ttoa ot 17 Ootnbor lOGO, edltorlally. epeou late4 oonoarnlD; the al~hlnr. ou the precedl "aauo"ra Ia torMtlon b)' Ul.&ml Airline Ir,.o., pl and '1LLtAi.t IWmiiLEYe !ho odltorlal co.whontrcl OD tho clair.ua or clr,hta laat Pellrua17 bJ COI.u&Mer tistl ~11oile t~port, and OODOludod e e l1 it poaelblo that the t CJ'OUPI or xpert o'bcorvora o.a14 haw booa latalc8D abo\\t ltf'lne; tbt111t 'l'he Air Fcrco, whloh o1~1:o~a to haw epoot two para lnTC'atl &tlrv.; euch rotlorta, r.aa at.l4 'd~tinital:f alatabae Wo heal tate to oall the Air J:oroo IDTeatlr.n.tora llarae LU:a wl w bealtato to tlOD the eTpC'rt opllllon ot trallled aortal obcer-.ere pllota. Ill taot, dOA t ~are aay what i:o Lellow abov.'t AotiCih ooatoapla to4 bT thla hoaclquartr c Coplea turD!&he4t Al.iC, Attat J&CIS (Ill duplloate) . . DctAsSJFIEO. JCm c. !.!oL :mou Lt ~olono 1. ti3A.'"1 DJatrlot Co.~an4or 1 ~ TIMI GRO,tr , .. w"flt Ofl 08JI\:tl PROJECT 10073 RECORD 10. CONCLUIION New Orleans, IDuisiana Ealuated as a balloon observation .c-.~TH 011 08S!._VATION 11. IRII!P SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object glCMed brleht wl th a whitish-blue light. Both obse,.-v "peculiar" spots before their eyes tor one to two minutes atter staring at the object. Observer reported that the obje was composed ot bright ~hts which glistened like facets on di&Qiml. The object rrade no noise and JGtt no visible exhauan