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-Louisiana_djvu.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
