PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 7. LENGTH OP OIIIRYATION 10. BRIIP SUMMARY OP liGHTING ObJect with appearuce ot a with a taU. ObJect vas 1DB atraiabt; down. It was salle- what of a tearClrop shape, but w:ith little or no taper, bril J aDd whit ish. The first head part appeared to bog down, which a second head part tell with tail s to first Circular obJect with ... "' ta:ll, appeared to be a very brisht meteor. . 12. CONCLUSIONS deaceDdiDI to W 11. COMMENTS 'this was a meteor. Probably part at meteorolosical shower witnessed 1n New Orleans Arkansas and nt.Meteot wASHINGTON (APl~The. Air Force said., I rlday, that an Air Force .. plane-~ bad reported the sighting-of'. a \ brilliant object in the sky over the. GuU ot tdexico ThursdaY i nl&ht, but 'that , the plane a~ .C:tew ,wuggested -it may have been a meteor . ', HoweVer. it. said, a routine "un- identllled' flyinl. object" report was sent 'to the air tactical cen- ter at Wrtght-Patterson Air Force Base. Obio, for aua1yli& of, avail able tntonnation. An Air Force that tbil' Ia cua- tomar)' DrOCedure tD tbe handling ZCZCSQP~472CSQBI73ZCVYC792 CO RJEDsa DE RJESKB 25 FM 32AIRDIV DOBBI~!S AFB GA TO ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO UNCLAS 320IN 6.358. ATTtJ: AFCI~J-4E. AS REQUESTED IN TELCON BETWEZtJ r1AJ FRIEND, AFCIN-4E, AND SGT BRADY, 320IN, 19Z~Z 24 JUN 5~, THE FOLLOWI~G MERINT REPORTS FRO~ COAST GUARD EIGHT, NEW ORLEANS, ARE QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATIOtl. QUOTE. Y 0 24~52~2. FM CCGDEIGHT. UNCLAS HERINT TO 0 X 29-02N 89-48W <; 0;;_,-;s UNIDENTIFIZD CIRCULAR OBJECT Y. LO~!G BURNING TAIL X EAST TO t~IEST X ALTITUDE ~ZDIUM X VISIBILITY GOOD TIME OF SIGHTING 24C425Z. UNQUOTE SECOND MESSAGE. QUOTE. 0 243737Z. FM CCGDEIGHT. UNCLAS X CG-83491 24Z43~Z X FOL FROM UF1G CGNR 12SS QUOTE SIGHTED WHAT i~?P;:A~S TO EE VERY BRIGHT ;1ETOR SA>~E T! :: POSIT LA:-<~ BORG~lE "( B:JRi!Ii~G TAIL HAS SOUTH OF ACFT u~:K:lO~J:~ DISTAi'JCE X DIRECTION OF T1AVEL COi!FIR~ED. END CUOTE. Air Tactical Center, Wright-Patterson Air FOrce Base, Gentlemen: In connection with the article attached relative to the brilliant obJect sighted Thursd~ night, June 23rd, I t~uld like to relate details as follows tor vbatever value can be gleaned therefrom; . "I vtas driving alone from Breaux Bridge, La., toward Parks, La, and at a point about tive miles out or Breaux Bridge, direction at approximately 10: 20 P.K., I sighted what appeared like a comet with a tej.J, talli stral t down am dead ahead. It was someltlat of a e rop ape o eot w le or no taper. I first saw it through the top ot r:rr tinted windshield and otcourse it appeared blueish-green but atter it cleared the tinted part, it appeared brilliant and whitish. ~1Y' guess is that I could see at about a 30 degree angle trom horizon to top of windshield and that I saw the object falling tor abrut halt this distame. The tirst head part of !t appeared to bog down, :!'rom which a second head part tell with tail similar to first part. Other than that it looked a bit d1fterent, I presume it was a meteor, which as alwe_vs appears to be only tive or ten miles away." (Ex Captain Air Tra~port