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October 20, 1954, Salers, Cantal:

Reference for this case: 20-Oct-54-Salers.
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Summary:

In their 1979 book "La Grande Peur Martienne" ("The Great Martian Scare"), the two "skeptical" ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker succinctly indicated that on October 20, 1954, in Salers, it was a weather balloon that had been observed.

Reports:

[Ref. bbr1:] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:

The two authors briefly indicate that on October 20, 1954, what was observed in Salers was a weather balloon.

Explanations:

Weather balloon.

Keywords:

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Salers, Cantal, balloon

Sources:

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[bbr1] "La Grande Peur Martienne", book by Gerard Barthel and Jacques Brucker, Les Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes publishers, France, page 156, 1979.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	December 9, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 24, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	August 25, 2019	Addition du Résumé.

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