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Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Nevers.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La Montagne for October 19, 1954, reported that "the luminous ball observed Saturday" October 16, 1954, was seen, among other place, from Nevers.
[Ref. lmo1:] NEWSPAPER "LA MONTAGNE":
This newspaper, about a sighting report in Moulins, told in its headline that the "luminous ball observed on Saturday" October 16, 1954, had also be seen in à Nevers.
(See thefull article here.
[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel wrote about the October 16, 1954, 09:30 p.m. meteor:
THE TEST OF THE METEOR. October 16, as if it was purposely, a splendid meteor crossed the north of France towards 09:30 p.m.. It was observed on a score of departments by thousands of people, from the Allier to Lorraine and from the Swiss border to Paris. Naturally many witnesses believed to have seen a Flying Saucer and said so. The newspapers printed "Flying Saucer in Orly", or "in Montididier", or "in Metz." But once again the description made by all these weak brains appeared of a remarkable honesty.
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The innumerable gathered testimonys show indeed that even when the witnesses called "Flying saucer" the observed object, their description is identical on 200.000 square kilometres where the visible phenomenon was visible: an "orange ball followed by a trail", a "large luminous ball with a tail", a "flying egg followed by a trail", a "bottle's bottom with a trail of thirty times its diameter", etc. The same phenomenon is uniformly described.
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Probably the meteor of October 16, 1954, at 09:30 p.m..
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Montlucon, Nièvre, ball, luminous
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | October 17, 2016 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 26, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. |
