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Reference for this case: 4-Nov-54-Douce-Pierre.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Author and ufologist Jean Sider reported in 1995 and 1997 that on November 4, 1954 there were observations from 7:00 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. in the Nantes region of the Loire-Atlantique, which look "curiously" like the case of Le Sourn in Morbihan. This was reported in an article in the newspaper La Resistance de l'Ouest, of Nantes, on page 2 for November 5, 1954.
One of them is that at 7 o'clock in the morning, Michel Chauvin, Joseph Potoleau and Joseph Dory, farmers, were in a courtyard in the village of La Douce Pierre, when a blinding light illuminated the wall of the court wall, coming from an oval-shaped luminous craft that crossed their field of vision at a very fast pace.
The apparition had lasted about 45 seconds, and the object left behind a trail of orange sparks.
[Ref. ldl1:] JEAN SIDER - UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
The magazine indicates that on November 4, 1954, there were sightings from 7:00 to 7:15 in the morning in the region of Nantes in the Loire Atlantique, which look "curiously" like the case of Le Sourn in the Morbihan.
One of them is that at 7 o'clock in the morning, Michel Chauvin, Joseph Potoleau and Joseph Dory, farmers, were in a courtyard in the village of La Douce Pierre, when a blinding light illuminated the wall of the court, coming from an oval-shaped luminous craft that crossed their field of vision at a very fast pace.
The apparition had lasted about 45 seconds, and the object left a trail of orange sparks behind.
It was seen at the same time, at Les Redoux, near the station, by several witnesses, as well as in Machecoul by the two clerks of Mr. Jutard, market gardener. The phenomenon was moving from south to north, apparently from Challans to Sainte-Pazanne.
[Ref. jsr2:] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist Jean Sider found about the case in the newspaper La Résistance de l'Ouest for November 5, 1954, and he indicates that on November 4, 1954, Michel Chauvin, Joseph Potoleau and Joseph Dory, Farmers, were in a farmyard of the community of la Douce-Pierre.
A dazzling gleam lit the enclosing wall of the court, it came from a luminous machine of oval shape which crossed their visual field with an angle of 20 degrees approximately and at a "very fast speed."
The object left behind itself a trail of orange sparks and was seen during 45 seconds.
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The ~07:15 a.m. meteor in that area.
I was unable to locate a village or locality or hamlet "La Douce Pierre" or "Douce Pierre in the Loire-Atlantique department.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
La Douce-Pierre, Loire-Atlantique, Michel Chauvin, Joseph Potoleau, Joseph Dory, multiple, farm, farmers, farmyard, gleam, dazzling, sparkles, orange, trail, luminous, fast, oval, duration, meteor
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