New Orleans cone-shaped flame object
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A ground observer near New Orleans reported a white-hot cone-shaped object with red flames traveling eastward at approximately 200-300 mph for about 10 seconds on October 1, 1948.
“At 0540 hours Williams was looking to the south and saw an object which resembled an ice cream cone traveling east with the larger end in front. The front end appeared white hot (like the mantels in a gasoline lantern) Toward the rear it got gradually darker red. There was no visible metal or other material and no projections of any kind, only fire.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1948-10-01
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Ascension Parish, Township 10 South, Range 4 East, 50 miles from New Orleans, La
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Louisiana
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- cone-shaped, resembling ice cream cone
- Size
- approximately the length of a passenger aircraft
- Altitude
- 2500 ft
- Duration
- 10s
Source document
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF WAR
File: 38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233
Case ID: 1948-DEPARTMENT-0D3A51
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