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Reference for this case: 21-Oct-54-Le Moulin Wibert.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La Voix du Nord, in the local issue of Boulogne for October 23, 1954, reported that on October 21, 1954, around 7:40 p.m., a Boulogne fishmonger who was driving on the Route de Wimereux at the height of the "Moulin Wibert" had seen a phenomenon identical to that of Outreau, quite low above the sea, consisting of a very bright bulge, followed by a scintillating trail whose length he estimated at nearly a hundred meters.
All the witnesses had said that the "mysterious craft which was spun at the speed of a jet plane, was absolutely silent."
[Ref. vdn1:] NEWSPAPER "LA VOIX DU NORD":
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Thursday evening, around 7:30 p.m., members of the staff of the Aciéries de Paris-Outreau clearly saw, coming from the direction of the sea, then flying over Outreau, a luminous craft of circular shape. Some have even distinguished a sort of dome in the central region.
The craft emitted a very bright light and was followed by a trail of bluish flame.
Around 7:40 p.m., a Boulogne fishmonger, who, by car, was driving on the Wimereux road near the "Moulin Wibert" saw an identical phenomenon, rather low above the sea, formed by a very bright bulge, followed by a scintillating trail, the length of which he estimated at nearly a hundred meters.
The testimonies also agree that the mysterious craft which apparently spun at the speed of a jet plane was absolutely silent.
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The 07:15 p.m. meteor of October 21, 1954.
The Moulin Wibert is a location just North of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Le Moulin Wibert, Pas-de-Calais, fishmonger, car, Route de Wimereux, low, sea, bright, bulge, scintillating, trail, fast, silent
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