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Reference for this case: 11-Apr-54-Messeix.
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The regional newspaper Le Méridional for April 12, 1954, reported the passage of a "mysterious machine" in the sky of the Puy-de-Dôme department.
From his garden, a resident of Messeix had seen on the night of April 11, 1954, in the sky, a "machine of elongated shape" moving at very high speed in the north-east direction.
The witness said that its passage was marked by a kind of explosion, while at its base several bright stars were scattered in various colors. Then "everything disappeared."
[Ref. lml1:] NEWSPAPER "LE MERIDIONAL":
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Messeix. -- Whereas he was in its garden, an inhabitant of Messeix saw in the sky, last night, a machine of lengthened form which moved at very high speed in the north-eastern direction.
The passage of this machine was marked, from the statements of the witness, by a kind of explosion, while at its base several luminous stars with various colors were cast, then all disappeared.
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Obvious description of a meteor explosion.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Messeix, Puy-de-Dôme, craft, night, elongated, fast, explosion, dispersion, stars, colors, disappearance
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 18, 2003 | First published, [lml1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | October 31, 2011 | First formal version. Correction of "Meisseix" in "Messeix" in several places. A search on the web and in my documentation did not reveal other sources. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | April 24, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. |
