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Reference for this case: 18-Oct-54-Ligny-en-Cambrésis.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La Voix du Nord, in the local issue of Cambrai for October 21, 1954, reported that "Monday" - therefore October 18, 1954 - "at 9:05 p.m. exactly", three people had seen, "at an altitude of about 150 meters, passing over the town and heading east, an orange ball leaving a trail of blue flames behind; but it must be said that this was only visible for a few seconds."
The newspaper wondered wether this was a flying saucer.
[Ref. vdn1:] NEWSPAPER "LA VOIX DU NORD":
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Monday, at 9:05 p.m.exactly, three people saw, at an altitude of 150 meters, passing over the town and heading east, an orange ball leaving a trail of blue flames behind; but it must be said that this was only visible for a few seconds.
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Probably the 8:45 p.m. meteor.
Certainly we are told that it occurred "exactly 9:05 pm"; but it is not sure at all that this information is reliable. The description in any case is very much a description of a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ligny-en-Cambrésis, Nord, night, multiple, ball, orange, trail, flames, blue, duration
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