Shortly after takeoff from Shreveport Airport, heading for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and climbing, Capt. Lynn Kern and Flight Officer Abbey Zimmerman, flying Trans-Texas Airlines Flight 103, were told by the control tower that a small light was visible nearby. They saw the star-like blue-green pulsating, object pacing them at about 400 feet, then climbing rapidly to 1,000 feet and paralleling the airliner at 110 knots speed. The object remained at a higher altitude and 1/2 mile away. Kern flashed landing lights and the object responded with a beam of light.

A second blue-green pulsating object joined the first on the opposite side of the airliner (then at 9,000 ft). Air crew confirmed from tower that it had both objects on radar and visually through binoculars. The objects headed south at 170°, climbing to about 10,000 feet, and followed the airliner to Converse, Louisiana (about 45 miles south of Shreveport). There the pilot queried the ADC radar site at England AFS, Alexandria, Louisiana, which confirmed the two targets in the airliner's vicinity at 9,700 feet. The objects disappeared from sight in a cloud deck to the southwest.

Hynek quotes the Project Blue Book file:

SOURCE was reluctant to talk about object as he was somewhat upset because he was being interviewed on the sighting. He felt that he had nothing to do with originating the preliminary report other than asking the AC&W site if he had company on his flight. After an explanation by the investigator he became cooperative and should be considered reliable.

SOURCE'S description of the sighting: one object was sighted on takeoff from Shreveport, Louisiana, airport at approximately 2030 CST 3 June 1957. Altitude of object was approximately 400 feet when first sighted. SOURCE stated that the control tower called his attention to the object, which appeared as a small light.

Landing lights of SOURCE'S aircraft were flashed on and off, and the object responded momentarily with very brilliant light directed at his aircraft. Object then gained altitude from a seemingly hovering position, at a high rate of speed. At this time another object was sighted at about the same altitude and having the same appearance of the first object. SOURCE stated he then contacted the tower to ascertain whether they had both objects in sight.

Tower had both objects in sight, using binoculars. Objects then paralleled course of SOURCE'S aircraft, moving at about the same speed, which was approximately 110 knots, only at a higher altitude than that of his own aircraft. At Converse, Louisiana, objects were still with them, so SOURCE decided to' call GOATEE to see if they had object on their weapon. An affirmative answer was received. SOURCE compared the size and appearance of objects to that of a star; however, he mentioned that at one time he could see the silhouette of objects but would not make a definite statement to that effect.

When interviewed, the co-pilot fully confirmed the pilot's statement but added that the object was at 1,000 feet and a half mile distant when first noted. He said that the light moved on a course of 170 degrees while rising to an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet at considerable speed, after which it appeared to maintain the same relative position to the SOURCE'S aircraft for the next hour. He stated also that the radar site reported that they had two objects at 9,700 feet.

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