Alexandria reported light formation observation — November 1957

On or during November 1957, at or near Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, the source reports the following sequence: OBSERVER: Military, Civilian, Multi (3 cases) ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES): Univer PAR 2C-(FORTY OR FIFTY DEGREE ELEV AT UNDETERMINED DISTANCE NORTH NOTE: Original greement moved up to these paragraphs. Venus now stares over in the west, after the sun sets, with a brilliant figure stands against, and to the left of her, the well-known figure stands Aquarius, the water-bearer. 21ST WEATHER SQUADRON REPORTED WINDS 18 KNOTS 240 DEGREES AT 5000 FET AT 0950 27 NOV 57. NONE REPORTED BY SOURCE OF PAR. MSGT____, AF____, 421ST 'he description of the unidentified object and the efforts to gather information appear thorough and detailed, indicating a professional examination of the reported incident. The photograph on the left appears to show a U.S. The article discusses the record-breaking high-altitude flight of two balloonists, Central Lewis (D.) and Rose, who claimed to have reached an altitude of over 76,000 feet, much higher than they had anticipated. Central Lewis (D.) and Rose, of South Dakota and Nebraska, said they had reached 76,000 feet - faster than they had anticipated. "Lovely up there," they said, "we think we will stay with the balloon as long as we can." They related how, from an altitude of 75,000 feet, they saw "the whole world black and the horizon sharply defined." They reported seeing both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and Lake Superior. D., and they descended two hours and 20 minutes later near Cody, Wyoming. UP AT 75,000 FEET, the two men said, "It was dark as night." They reported their oxygen equipment worked perfectly and the temperature remained comfortable. Then they started descending, getting down to 45,000 feet in just 20 minutes - faster than they had anticipated. "Something happened - we don't know what," they said, "and then we started descending again and our rate of descent increased." Rose and Lewis said they didn't know what - and their fall rates of 4,000 feet a minute that caused them to hit the ground with a tremendous impact.