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Reference number for this case: 5456-Meussia. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. ld1:] JEAN TYRODE - MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
In the ufology magazine "Lumières Dans La Nuit" N.100, ufologist Jean Tyrode reports a case of an unspecified date between 1954 and 1956, in the Jura, in Coyron.
The witness, Mr. Prost, farmer in Meussia, between 10:00 and 11:00, was on his "Mobylette" (a moped) on the secondary road D 83 and moved in the direction of the old bridge of Pyle which was at the bottom of the valley of the river Ain.
Having just driven the straight road section which borders the sports ground of Coyron and on the verge of arriving at the turn which finishes this straight section, where a dirt track prolongates the rectilinear part of the road, arriving at this crossroads, he saw in front of him a little on the right of the main road something on the ground, which he first mistook for a cloud.
The thing had somehow the aspect and the colour of a cloud, but thinking about it he felt that it could not be a a cloud. The colour was gray-aluminum, perhaps slightly bluish, and that made it resemble the fog, but its very clear-cut shape drew his attention. The shape was lengthened, elliptic, more flat at the bottom that above and with rounded ends.
The so precise shape was not compatible with a cloud of fog. The dimensions were three or four meters in length and 1 meter 50 to two meters in height.
Mr. Prost was approaching quickly, and he then saw at his amazement the object raise above the ground and go away following the dirt track, moving quietly away from him.
In a few moments, it had disappeared, hidden from the sight of the witness by a wood which it had flown over at low altitude, taking the direction of the valley of Ain following a trajectory directed appreciably towards the North-East in the direction of Orgelet.
[Ref. ld2:] MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
The magazine indicates that in the Jura, in St-Claude, Moirans-en-Montagne, in the 1950's, at about 11 p.m. in Meussia, Mrs. Prost, returning home, crossing the center of the village, saw on her right, very low, in the east of the old laundrette, two spheres or discs of a pretty blue, "like that of electric welding", she said.
The largest of the balls could have a diameter the 1/6th of that of the moon, the other was smaller. They rushed towards the ground.
The duration of the observation was very short, the witness was very impressed, she was conviced that that these balls had fallen very close to her, behind the laundrette.
The magazine indicates this comes from an investigation by Jean Tyrode.
[Ref. cg1:] CHARLES GARREAU AND RAYMOND LAVIER:
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Meussia (the Jura), between 1954 and 1956, at about 10:30. Reference: L.D.N. of January 1972. A farmer of Meussia, Mr. Paul Prost, drive on his motorbike on the Departementale road 83 in direction of the old bridge of Pyle. When leaving a road turn, and rather far in front of him, Mr. Prost sees "a sort of cloud" of gray-aluminum color. While approaching, he realizes that it is actually an object, of elliptic shape, with elongated ends, of a length from 3 to 4 meters, and high of 1 meter 50. lower part of the machine is more punt. Whereas Mr. Prost continues to approach, the machine raised and moved away "gently", flying over a wood at low altitude. Then it took the direction of the valley of the Ain. |
[Ref. pr1:] "LE PROGRES" NEWSPAPER:
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The mystery of the famous ufos in the Jura In his book "Les Mystères du Jura " published by De Borée publishers in the end of 2009, Alain Lequien, with an historian's approach, listed the observations of unidentified flying objects (ufos) in the department of the Jura. There was the red ball of fire of Poligny, [...] the close encounter of the third kind of Prémanon, the cigar of the schoolboys of Les Rousses, the multicoloured oscillating object of Dole, [...] the white and luminous phenomenon of Meussia, [...] |
[Note: I only noted the 1954 cases mentions from the article.]
Possible meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Meussia, Jura, Paul Prost, farmer, motorbike, road, object, grey, elliptical, low, slow, landing, bluish
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