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October 3, 1954, Sancoins, Cher:

Reference for this case: 3-oct-54-Sancoins.
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Summary:

The ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #319, of July 1993, indicated that on October 3, 1954, towards 09:00 p.m., in Sancoins in the department of Cher, a fiery red circular form brightly lit that was heading east was observed in the sky during some seconds.

Reports:

[Ref. ldl1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

The magazine indicates that on October 3, 1954, at about 09:00 p.m., in Sancoins in the departement of Cher, a circular red shape, fiery red, violently lit, has been observed in the sky for a few seconds, going towards the East.

[Ref. edr1:] EMMANUEL DEHLINGER:

Place	Approximate coordoninates	Date 1954	Civilian hour	Duration	Sky	Distance and movement of the ufo	Altitude of the ufo	Angle B of the Sun on the horizon	Azimut of the Sun	Angle B of the Moon on the horizon	Azimut of the Moon	EL	State of the night	Case	Comment	Ref.
Sancoins (Cher)	2° 54’ E 46° 50’ N	3 oct	~21:00C	qq sec		To the East	Sky	-26° 38’	295°	4° 3’	225°	35%+	NC	NC6	Fiery red circular shape sharply illuminated. Flat terrain	[IGN 2525].	#319 p. 9

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Cher in Sancoins on October 3, 1954 at 21:00 hours, a brightly illuminated fire red circular form was observed during a few seconds in the sky, it moved towards the East.

The indicated source is my website, ufologie.net [This is the old URL of my home page.]

Explanations:

Possible meteor.

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Sancoins, Cher, shape, circular, round, red, fiery, luminous

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[ldl1] Ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #319, page 10, July 1993.
[edr1] "OVNI L'Armée Démasquée - Annexe B", electronic book by Emmanuel Dehlinger, France, page 291, version of january 2003, at www.ovnis-armee.org
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=494

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	April 7, 2004	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 4, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	December 17, 2019	Additions [edr1], Summary.

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