PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOC:A T JON 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 PouiWy Blloon 4. TYPE 01' OBSERVATION 1 December 1957 Louisiana 3. OATITIM! GROUft xA Gto""d-Visuol 0 GrounciRoctar Wa Aircraft 0 Probably Alrcroft 0 PouU,Iy Aircraft 0 Ah~ Vi .-,.a 0 Air Intercept Ra'dar 1. SOURCi"~---------....;_---l:tr< Was lutronolfdcal V~nus 0 Yes 0 ProboWy AattonoMicol :xaNo Civilian & Military o Poslbly Astf'Onon~lcol 7. LIMOTH OP OISIAVATIOM I. NUMBI!A Oil OIJICTS 9. COURSE 0 Other _ 24 minutes one 10. 111P IUMMAAV OP IIOHTIHO H. COMMI!NTS 0 Insufficient Date for Evoluotlon One object-multi colored light, round, size of basoball, changed ~ olor -whit< , yellow, red, orange and g1een. Object at first stGady then movo.l ::;lowly be-la\ horizon. OlJ,ject obsarvo d following Astro charts Current astro journa l . obj was probably V enu!:. night undeL sa1ne cond it .Lon,:;. ,. ~o-~s I"ll' E~tOS IOt!...,~JN A RZA OF --~;ow roP. oPtRArtt ro IRON : r-2/"'?.''Z nt.c nmtrx 3. OATETIME GROUP f:a/aJ.Sfll Dec 51 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION '1\ren~toar ainut 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY 011 SICHTING UFOB INDEX CARD 2. LOC4 fiON CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon L T'fPE OF OBSERVATION Wos Aircraft a Probably Aircrofl 0 Possibly Aircraft jlirouncJ. Visual 0 Ground-Rod or 0 AI ,.. VI 1U al 0 Air-Intercept Radar a Wos Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical .-. ~ol.iti r.!~:------l 0 Possibly Astronomical 8. NUNBER OF OBJECTS 9. CO RSE 0 Other:---:----:-- -- 11. COMMENTS 0 Insufficient lJato for Evaluation One roand 'lllalti colored object the size Daserip~ion duration,. flight pat.b indicate that. Vlris was Venus. ot a ObJ waa etationa'Y a~ time tMil de.cmdod alowq to ~he horizon :1D the WSW. Obj.,t; wa in eight tor 24 mimlt AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) 0 SQF DC : V YC~ l6E VNA~ I<BA0 PP RJEDDtJ RJEDSQ RJEPHQ RJ EF'ND DE RJESKB lA FM COMDR 657 ACWRON TO RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND RJESKB/COMDR 35TH AIR DIVISION DEFENSE RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER 6A. CIVILIAN. MR GULF WELDitrc .. J:lOUMA, LA, JGR IVE HOUMA LA HOUSEWIFE CALSO FRIENDS OF ABOVE NAMED PERSONS) PAGE THREE RJESKB 1A B. MILITARY. 657TH ACWRON SENIOR DIRECTOR OPERATIONS CRADAR> OPERAT+ONS MATTHEWs-we S/SGT CRAIG 5 A/lC KROEGER HJ A/1C _STUCKS:R JS DE CASTRO G A/2C RADAR t1AINT RADAR MAINT RADAR MAINT RADAR MAINT 1 40K M8 MISSING CAU1 AT SURFACE, 15~1 VISIBILITY ALSO SAM~ AS ABOVE c. cCIEA---,. D. _15 MILES I~FO RJEPND/COMDR EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCE UNCLASSIFIED/CPS ~02L PD UFOB PD A ~ULTI COLORED LIGHT, ROUND NOT APPLICABLE UNUSUALLY BRIGHI WHEN TATIONARY . NOT APPLICABLE PAGE TWO RJESKB 1A 2. FIRST STEADY, THEN MOVE a eo o s WEst$ourHwEsi> NT!L BELow HORIZON A. IlRST,OBSERVOR SAW OBJECT 3 WEEKS AG B. 025 DEGREES-20 MILES (ESTIMATED) ~4~ra...l:U:.Q ~ C DEGREES.ANGLE ELEVATION 250 D. Rt:NA INED IEADYHFOR _ ~1+.N~.TES, . DISAPPEARED SLO~ILY OVER HORIZCl' ISUA L lOVED \JEST .. NOT APPLICABLE NONE KNO\vN AGE FOUR RJESKB lA LAST NIGHT EXCEPT THAT THE LIGHT APPEARED ABOUT 20 MINUTES EARLIER. I AGAIN CHEC1<ED ~JEW ORLEANS AND ALSO WITH MR. MIKE FUORI (A TEXAS OIL CO FLYER> IN HOUMA. THERE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY FLYING THAT WE KNOW OF SOUTHWESJ' OF HOUt~A, LA. THE LIGHT APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER CAZit1UTH> AND BRIGHTER THAN LAST NIGHT ~2/0~35Z DEC RJESKB