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Reference for this case: 54-Champigny.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In Radar magazine for November 7, 1954, appeared a photo captioned "'I'm not crazy!' Roland Dumont, a farmer in La Chapelle-Champigny (Yonne), swears he has seen a saucer: 'It was yellow as the sun and as big as a washtub.'"
[Ref. rdr1:] MAGAZINE "RADAR":
[Ref. rdr1:] "RADAR" MAGAZINE:
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Roland Dumont, a farmer at La Chapelle-Champigny (Yonne), swears he saw a saucer: "It was yellow as the sun, and as big as a washtube."
[Ref. rdr1:] "RADAR" MAGAZINE:
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RADAR -- November 7, 1954
Photo caption: I'm not crazy! Roland Dumont, a farmer at La Chapelle-Champigny (Yonne), swears he saw a saucer: "it was yellow as the sun, and as big as a washtube."
Note: this copy from Radar magazine was filed in the USAF Project Blue Book file; the translation was by Alexander Mebane, a correspondent of French ufologist Aimé Michel. The French text is almost unreadable, but Mebane's translation is readable.
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Insufficient information, moon or meteor possible.
Champigny is a French commune in the Yonne, which includes two hamlets including La Chapelle.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Champigny, Yonne, Roland Dumont, farmer, La Chapelle, saucer, yellow, big, washtub
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