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PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE RECORD CARD, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY. This document records an Air Intelligence Information Report filed from Alexandria, Louisiana, and includes a reference to an unidentified flying object observation and an undeveloped color film roll submitted for technical evaluation. The record was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, reference 1960‑02‑6969904. The document was uploaded to the archive on the date indicated by the digital file, and is available at the URL https://archive.org/download/1960-02-6969904-Alexandria-Louisiana/1960-02-6969904-Alexandria-Louisianadjvu.txt. No FOIA case number is listed; the declassification authority is the United States Air Force, in accordance with standard archival release procedures. The document reads as follows: PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE RECORD CARD DATE: FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY LOCATION: ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, U‑S‑A CONCLUSIONS: — BALLOON – PROBABLY BALLOON, POSSIBLY BALLOON — AIRCRAFT – PROBABLY AIRCRAFT, POSSIBLY AIRCRAFT — ASTRONOMICAL – PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL, OTHER – INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION DATE‑TIME GROUP: [four lines redacted under exemption B1] TYPE OF OBSERVATION: LOCAL PA, GROUND‑VISUAL, GROUND‑RADAR PHOTOS: 1 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [four lines redacted under exemption B1] NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [four lines redacted under exemption B1] COURSE: NORTH, POSSIBLY ASTRONOMICAL, UNKNOWN COMMENTS: “THE OBJECT WAS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF A LIT‑EIGHT‑INCH INCH BALL. THE OBJECT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY AND DISAPPEARED.” AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.: 3/0353Z, FEBRUARY NINETEEN SIXTY ACTIVITY: ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, U‑S‑A DATE OF INFORMATION: FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY DATE OF COLLECTION: FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY SUBMITTING OFFICER: ALOYSIUS A. CAFFREY, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, TWIN FALLS, KANSAS SOURCE: M/Sgt. RICHARD L. CALLEN, USAF, SERIAL NUMBER AF19311326 SUMMARY: This report documents an unidentified flying object observation made by M/Sgt. Richard L. Callen on February twenty‑third, nineteen sixty. The observation was recorded in a motion‑picture film roll, which is currently UNDEVELOPED. The film consists of the last five (5) frames of the first half of the roll. The film is the personal property of

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1960 02 6969904 Alexandria Louisiana

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PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE RECORD CARD, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY. This document records an Air Intelligence Information Report filed from Alexandria, Louisiana, and includes a reference to an unidentified flying object observation and an undeveloped color film roll submitted for technical evaluation.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1960-02-6969904-Alexandria-Louisiana

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What was 1960 02 6969904 Alexandria Louisiana about?: PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE RECORD CARD, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, FEBRUARY TWENTY‑THIRD, NINETEEN SIXTY. This document records an Air Intelligence Information Report filed from Alexandria, Louisiana, and includes a reference to an unidentified flying object observation and an undeveloped color film roll submitted for technical evaluation.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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