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Incident Report: Recovery of Rocket Propelled Red Star Signal Parachute Flare - New Orleans, 1957

📅 5 Dec 1957 📍 4237 South Prieyer St., New Orleans, La. 🏛 USAF Historical Archives 📄 Field Report / Evidence Log
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This report documents the recovery of inert parts from a rocket-propelled red star signal parachute flare (similar to an M131) by New Orleans police in November 1957. The investigation was led by Captain Jon T. Matsuo.

This document consists of a collection of photographs and a summary report regarding the recovery of physical debris in New Orleans, Louisiana. In November 1957, the City Police of New Orleans recovered items at 4237 South Prieyer Street. The investigation, conducted by Captain Jon T. Matsuo, determined that the recovered debris consisted of parts from a rocket-propelled red star signal parachute flare, specifically noted as being similar to the M131 parachute flare. The documentation includes visual evidence of the recovered components, which appear to be metallic, cylindrical, and circular parts, along with a beaded chain. The report explicitly identifies the items as inert duplicates of the flare components found at the site. The file is marked with the reference number 7-3745-460 and is associated with the USAF Historical Archives at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Item found in November 1957 by the City Police of New Orleans. This is the exact duplicate, only inerted, of the one found at 4237 South Prieyer St, New Orleans, La. AND Parts of rocket propelled red star signal Parachute Flare similar to the M131 parachute flare.

Official Assessment

Item found in November 1957 by the City Police of New Orleans. This is the exact duplicate, only inerted, of the one found at 4237 South Prieyer St, New Orleans, La. AND Parts of rocket propelled red star signal Parachute Flare similar to the M131 parachute flare.

The recovered items were identified as parts of a rocket-propelled red star signal parachute flare, similar to an M131 flare.

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