PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION. U. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 13 Februarv 1957 Marrero, L . A. . 0 Proba~!Y Bal sl at y Ba oon nr.oo 0 Was Aircraft Loc:ol-vu a:Sround-VI sual ~roundRodar cQ Probably Aircraft GMT 14/0200?;-0 40Z 0 Ai,..VIsual 0 Air-Intercept Roclar Possibly /drc:rolt a Yes 0 ProbablyAstronomical C!:llo Airport opservers 0 Pouibly Astronomical 7. t.ENOTH Ofi.OIS!~VATIOft I. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other--------- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY 01' SIGH11NG 11. COMMENTS Th r e e obJects -one ~hite light, one red light. Red light appear e d as sparkler. Objects circling in V forma- tion. Est alt 5 miles. ATIC JI'ORM U9 (1U!tV 26 SEP 52) The characteristics. a n d maneuvers. des cribed are generally those of a /c. The fact that there were numerous ANG a/c making approaches from various areas gives stron~ support to t his c onclusion. WP lil24T WPOO 88 YDW 87 VYOlJ S1J VMOb 25KSA00 7 PP RJEDEN RJEDwP DE RJESKS 8~ FM COMDR KEESLER AFB MISS TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND NT AFB COLO , RJESKB/COMDR 35TH AIR DIVISION DOBBINS AFB GA INFO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON 'RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTE.LLIGE~CE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON 25 D c t1-NGLA5s-t FIEB Kie-taf -Fett~e >-;t:NV-MESSAGE-5 R-b\YE-D--FRaM COA5-t--Gtii\RD -- DETACHMENT 8 IN NEW OR.U:ANSTHROUGFf COAST: GUARJ} AIR DE:TACHMENT. AT". K~ES LER TO KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI. J. sEVERAL CIVILIANS- RiPORTED FLYING OBJECTS OVER MARRE~O, LOUISANA. APPEARED ~IRCLING AREA OVER HUtY P. LONG BRIDGE AND MARRERO. NOT IN ANY FORMATION AND A! HlGK ALTITUDES. MOISANT AIRPORT RADAR DETECTED NEBULOUS TARGETS IN AREA. SEVERAL AIR NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT IN AREA MAKING APPROACH RUNS TO MOISANT FROM VARIOUS VECTORS. OBSERVERS BELIEVE OBJECTS NOT AIRCRAFT. LIGHTS ON OBJECTS, ONE WHITE LIGHT AND ONE RED FLASHING ON AXIS WITH RED IN 'READ. STATED RED LIGHT APPEARS LIKE A SPARLERLER. RJEP /COMASTERN AIR DFENSE COMMAND STEWART AFB NY INFO RBEPW/DIRNAVlNT NAVY DEPT WASHDC RBEGC/COMEASTSEAFRON FLYOBRPT X 1 X NO SHAPE CMM SIZE CMM COLOR OF TH~E FLYOB ONE WHITE LIGHT ANDONE RED LIGHT X R~D LIGHT APPEARED Ag(SPA~KLER~ CIRCLING IN V fORMATION AT VERY. HIGH ALTITUDE J DISPERSING CMM KCCELLERATI AN~DISA;PEAR~.~ON ARREARANCE OF 2 A/C IN AREA X 2 X 14WI26~ Z TO 3l41 Z X 3 I VISUAL WITH OBSERVER AT ~ERO LA AND MOSIANT I LONG BRIDGE X NORTHWEST APRX 5 MILES HIGH ALTITUDE X 5 X MR TELEPHONE NU AND NUMEROUS OTHER CALLERS X 6 X CLEAR AND W S ALOFT VARJABLE X 7 I NONE X 8 X NONE X 9 X NONE X il X SEjVERAL ~NG ACFT IN AREA MAKING APPROACHS rROM VARIOUS SECTORS ON MOSIANT AIRPORT X THIS INFO HAS BEEN PASSED TO KEESLER AFB 14/i 330 Z FEB RBESIJ iWPn1J4 WPBli 5V YDAa 97 TYD 121 TMB 113BT289BES 132 Rx RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEDEN RJE~ RBEPW RBEGC FN CCGDEIGHT TO RJEPHQ/DlRlN~HQ USAF .WASHDC RJEDWP/AIRTECKINT CENTER WRIGHT PATT AlB OHIM ATTN AT1AA-2C RJEDE'"/COM AIRDEFCOMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPROINGS