Houma Louisiana — April 1967

Category: 1967  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1967-04-7452264-Houma-Louisiana.pdf
Keywords: houma, paint, evalu, visua, april, kjltih, svals, tjflj, boincs, untod, paint8, witnos, faddl, circulnl, occa9sic, so1netirne, luroti, likewi3e, dotonnine, dospito, disappem, zimut, igrit, objucts, stward
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD i. DATE r.~z: :. :,;::. 2. LOCAT ION 1 0 - 1 -.! ... ;:-:.7 1:\IGriT Hou.rr.a, Louis iana (KJLTIH.E) ~C~ivil: ~ litary 4. NUMB=~; ~ = ?BJECTS S. L Et CTr J BSERVATION V:SVALS: (INsm~FICIENT DATA FOR EVALU.:\TIOH) .tJflJ n~').:Jh ( INSUFfiCIENT DATA FOR EVALU;,.TI<1\l) J Thi s case is boincs re- e v a l untod as of 24 April 68 at which t ime .it i s too l ate to eet n e eded data. Radar paint8 and vi~ual ob~cr~- 11. B~'::F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1. 1-ro ;,_-:ut e s <b 1 0 April scve r u l witnos::; sighted 3 lights that were star sha.~d 2_, All _;.,ht az:d .;~re red, gro1:1 and white in c olor. The objucts slo .... ~ y faddl and inted a si~3lc object at bee.rine rou~1ly 277 dec, 12 mllo:t 7. coJ~s: is n o in~o t o indicate thnt tho radar paint wa s r~lated in any ' , t o :::'e visual sighting, or how the radar paint disappeared i f i~ t_:: ... -~-~ did ::::!eed disappem . ) Tho follo~tinB night a circulnl' obj~ct, J'lc s. -.-.:.7:. si~e -:::a dime at an':ls lcn~th that was \lhite and occa9sic:lolly 1 or green \>las sighed at an o.zimut h of 100 deg. (Tne ob~erver!J w....:r-~. t..,o ::-.:!.:es n orth of Houma Airport). This l ight moved south turd c. f--":-..:-:",..._._ .... _o --i tr.e~ ... ~stward. , and \'f'as visible all n icht. So1netirne durine tho 1 n:e;;.-; (time not stated) Houma wao again cont acted and again had .l pa::.::-:. e'., azimut h of 277 dog anu 1 2 miles out. Again <luroti o n oJ pe:.::t &!!d manuvers , (if o.nv ) is not .stated) .. tho p3 int disappeared, s.nd reason why point o.nd visua l ... o:-e uJ!';U."'.:t)..i to be the same object is no~ stated. Visua l on 1 0 April lacks azimuth and angle of elevation when fi~st aeon and anlo of elevation whe n las; seen. Likewi3e on the following night it would bo necessary to kno.., the angl e of elevation and azimuth of thc.~ object at seve:-al times in order to dotonnine i r the object \-1::1..9 c. utar . Neither visual states if t ho light passed at~ve or bolo~ cloud dospito the fact that it was partially cloudy both nights.