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Reference for this case: 14-Nov-54-Apt.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
An article in the regional newspaper Le Provençal for November 18, 1954 on page 9, reported via their Press correspondent that a "mysterious object" was seen on November 14, in the sky of Apt.
Around 08:30 p.m. that day, trustworthy people living in the district of the Plan saw in the sky, an enormous ball of fire, leaving behind itself a long luminous trail similar to a tail.
During its "progression in space", during one minute approximately, the "craft" changed color, passing from the white to the orange and vice versa.
After having undergone a horizontal trajectory, the ball went up vertically and disappeared to the eyes of the observers.
[Ref. lpl1:] NEWSPAPER "LE PROVENCAL":
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Apt. (C.P.).
Sunday, around 08:30 p.m., people worthy of faith living in the district of the Plan, in Apt, saw in the sky, an enormous ball of fire, leaving behind itself a long luminous trail similar to a tail.
During its progression in space, during one minute approximately, the machine in question changed color, passing from the white to the orange and vice versa.
After having undergone a horizontal trajectory, the ball went up vertically and disappeared to the eyes of the observers.
[Ref. vau1:] "VAUCLUSE UFOLOGIE" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:
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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1954 - 08 : 30 p.m.
Reference 7
Several people observe in the skies a huge ball of fire that leaves behind a long, tail-like trail of light. This craft changes color in its race; it goes from white to orange, and vice versa. It follows a horizontal trajectory before climbing vertically to disappear from the sight of observers. The sighting lasted about a minute.
"Référence 7" refers to "Le Provençal".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 15 November 1954 at 20:30 in Apt, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed for over one minute."
The source is indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)".
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Probable meteor.
The whole description is that of a mateor, except for the statement that it "went up vertically" at the end. But this is only a Press article, and the journaliste might have misunderstood something like "went down vertically."
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Apt, Vaucluse, multiple, ball, fire, trailed, luminous, white, orange, horizontal, vertical, duration
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | February 26, 2006 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 11, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 14, 2019 | Additions [vau1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet. Possible meteor." |
