UFO sighted at Barksdale AFB in 1952

Summary

In August 1952, an officer at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana reported an unidentified flying object. The sighting was cataloged under project 19073, and a low-visibility observation was recorded. The report mentions that the object displayed erratic behavior, making its identification difficult. Several possibilities were considered, including aircraft, balloons, and astronomical phenomena, but no conventional explanation was confirmed. Weather data included information on winds at different altitudes, though no significant storms or inversion layers were noted.