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Reference for this case: 21-Oct-54-Escalles.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper Nord Littoral, of Calais, reported on page 3 for October 24, 1954, that Mr. Marcel Legrand, locksmith at the Legros company, rue Delaroche, 24 years old, living in Coquelles, went to Escalles on the evening of October 21, 1954. He was riding a motorcycle when he saw a huge luminous ball which passed at top speed above him; which frightened him, as he admitted to his entourage.
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Mr. Marcel Legrand, locksmith at the Legros company, rue Delaroche, 24 years old, living in Coquelles, went to Escalles on Thursday evening. He was riding a motorcycle when he saw a huge luminous ball which passed at top speed above him.
Mr. Legrand does not hide to his entourage that he was seized with a great fright.
A young Calaisien, working at the drawing office, avenue Wilson, Mr. Michel Ducrocq, 18-year-old, saw a luminous disc on Thursday evening when he was not far from his home on rue Greuze.
He too was scared.
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Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Marcel Legrand, locksmith, Legros, rue Delaroche, Coquelles, evening, motorbike, huge, ball, luminous, fast, frightened/p>
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