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Reference for this case: 28-Sep-54-Fécamp.
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An article in the regional newspaper Paris-Normandie for October 1, 1954, reported that about fifteen inhabitants of Fécamp, including a head of department of the municipal administration, claimed to have seen twice unusual apparitions.
The first was at 8 p.m. [?] and was about "two craft moving northwest of Fécamp: luminous, to the point of being confused with the position lights of a ship, they soon showed an ovoid shape emitting a luminous trail opposite to the sense of their march."
This first sighting was made by one of the witnesses using binoculars, the newspaper said.
In the newspaper Le Courier Cauchois for October 4, 1954, we get a date since it would have occurred the day after a Monday night observation, so on October 28, 1954. This newspaper said that a resident of Fécamp "absolutely trustworthy, since it is Mr. Alexandre Dubar, director of the Technical Services of the city", took the cool air at the beach when he saw in the direction of the northwest two luminous spots, of ovoid shape, moving vertically.
[Ref. pne1:] "PARIS-NORMANDIE" NEWSPAPER:
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We wrote our doubt yesterday to never see the sky of Fécamp furrowed by one of these apparatus called flying saucers here and there: however we stand corrected since this phenomenon has just occurred on several occasions
About fifteen witnesses, among them the head of department of the Municipal administration, indeed, affirmed to have noted twice these strange appearances; the first at 08:[??] p.m. related to two machines moving in the North-West of Fécamp: luminous, at the point of beings confused with the navigation lights of a ship, they soon let see an ovoid shape emitting a luminous trail opposite their direction of movement.
This first observation made with the binocular by one of the witnesses, five of these "saucers" appeared a second time at 09:51 p.m., in the West of Fécamp this time, to trace, by various movements, a curious dance whose duration was evaluated as of several minutes.
Let us specify, to finish, that the contours of these appearances are fuzzy and this characteristic prevents us to conclude too quickly that it is the display of some human work in search for bizarre publicity.
[Ref. lcc1:] "LE COURRIER CAUCHOIS" NEWSPAPER:
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By twice and at twenty-four hours of interval one saw, from Fécamp, mysterious machines moving in the sky.
Monday evening, first of all, one of our fellow-citizens of the vicinity of the sea stated to have seen a red disc moving above Yport. The guettor of the alerted semaphore prepared his telescopes, but vainly.
The next day evening, however, another resident of Fecamp absolutely worthy of faith, since it is Mr. Alexandre Dubar, director of the Engineering Departments of the city, took some fresh air at the edge of the beach when he saw, in the direction of the North-West two luminous points, of ovoid shape moving vertically. Thereafter, several of our fellow-citizens were to make the same observation.
As it cannot be a collective visual error, it should well be supposed that there is something mysterious in the air.
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Two airplanes? A meteor split in two?
In the Press for September 24, 1954, it was said that "the biggest aerial drill in Europe", operation "Etoile Filante" ("Shooting Star"), will take place, by NATO Air Forces, above France and Germany.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, night, two, luminous, ovoid, headlights, binoculars, vertically
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 8, 2010 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | September 27, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
