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Reference for this case: 19-sep-54-Tromborn-2.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Aimé Michel reported in his 1958 book on the French flap of 1954, that on September 19, 1954, in Tromborn in the Moselle department, before the observation of Louis Moll there, a witness saw "a weird luminosity behind the hills", hills behind which the village of Oberdorff is located at 2 km in straight line.
[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel reported that on September 19, 1954, in Tromborn in the Moselle, before the observation of Louis Moll there, a witness saw "a weird luminosity behind the hills", hills behind which the village of Oberdorff is located at 2 km in straight line.
[Ref. ool1:] "LES OBSERVATIONS D'OVNIS EN LORRAINE":
September 19, 1954 at 09:15, in several localities close to the commune of Bouzonville, at the same time, luminous phenomena were observed.
In Tromborn, a witness observed a white very shining light behind a hill. Duration of observation 1 minute 30 [...]
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Moselle in Tromborn on September 19, 1954 at 21:15 hours, there was an "Observation by a witness of an odd luminosity behind the hill."
Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958"
[Ref. prn1:] PETER ROGERSON:
September 19 1954, 2115hrs
OBERDORFF (MOSELLE : FRANCE)
Policeman Louis Moll observed a bright light that appeared in the east crossed the sky, slowed down and came down east of Tromborn. From a distance he saw the object land and its luminosity diminish. It appeared to be the size of a small bus. After 40 seconds the light became reddish and he thought he saw a dark silhouette moving in front of it. Then the object rose up vertically, looking like a red ball that flattened as it moved off to the southeast. Another witness at Tromborn saw luminosity behind the hills, and at Vaudreching, 5km to the west, electrician Rene Paul saw an elongated object with luminous neon light pass over.
Insufficient information.
The interest of this report is of course more as a possible corroboration of Louis Moll's sighting report than intrinsic.
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Tromborn, Moselle, luminous
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