box Incident Summaries 173-233

INCIDENT SUMMARY SHEET Incident No. 174 1. Date and Time of Observation: 1 Oct 48 (Friday morning) 0540 2. Where Sighted: Ascension Parish, Township 10 South, Range 4 East 50 miles from New Orleans, La - ground 3. Observer's Position: ground (i.e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: E. B. Williams, Pres. United Land Co. 219 Dryades St., New Orleans. LA 0515 5. Occupation and/or hobbies: considerable flying experience 6. Attention Attracted by: N/S 7. Number of Object(s) Seen: 1 8. Size of Object(s): Approximately the length of a passenger aircraft 9. Color of Object(s): white-hot 10. Shape (Sketch if Possible): cone-shaped 11. Nature of Luminosity: (directed beam of light?) Seemed to be a white-hot cone. The object displayed no lights but seemed encased in flame. Did not light up the area. 12. Altitude of Object: 1500 to 2000 ft (estimated) 13. Estimated Distance of Object from Observer: 3/4 miles away 14. Estimated Speed of Object: Approx 200 MPH 15. Time in Sight: Sufficiently long to enable Williams to make a fairly detailed observation. Approximately 10 seconds. 16. Tactics: Straight and level flight 17. Sound Made by Object(s): soundless 18. Direction of Flight of Object(s): East 19. Apparent Construction: "flame" 20. Effect on Clouds: N/S 21. Exhaust Trail (Color of): red flames 22. Manner of Disappearance: N/S 23. Weather Conditions at Time of Sighting: No clouds with wind fairly calm 24. Peculiarities Noted: Object left no trail of any kind and did not light up the area 25. Summary of Incident: (over) (See attached page) SECRET S-20300