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Reference for this case: 6-Nov-54-Halluin.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper Nord-Matin, in the Tourcoing issue for November 9, 1954, told of a prank that had failed:
Around 11 p.m. on November 6, 1954, residents of Walter Dumoulin Street, at a place called "Le Puits des Chats", were returning to their homes when one of them was intrigued by the presence in a tree by the side of the road, of a large object that he had never noticed there.
An agile climber then took down a simulated craft made of a canvas 1.50 meters in diameter to which 17 small balloons were attached.
"The ridiculous find was put away for the night and in the morning, the discovery announced to the peacekeeper", who respected the procedure and reported it to the Police Commissioner.
The newspaper added that one of the witnesses had remarked that "the prankster would have been better inspired by paying the amount of the costs occasioned by the assembly of his buffoonery to the collection for the elderly."
[Ref. nmn1:] NEWSPAPER "NORD-MATIN":
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A prankster tried on Saturday evening to pretend that a flying saucer appeared at Mont d'Halluin but was not successful.
Around 11 p.m., residents of rue Walter Dumoulin, at a place called "Le Puits des Chats" were returning to their home, when one of them was intrigued by the presence in a tree, located on the edge of the road, of a bulky object that he had never noticed at the place.
An agile climber was quick to take down a simulated craft that in the sky, could have been mistaken for a flying saucer as they are described: it was actually a canvas of 1.50 meters in diameter to which 17 small balloons were attached.
The ridiculous find was put away for the night and in the morning, the discovery was announced to the peacekeeper, Maurice Grimonprez, neighbor of the district, domiciled 7 bis Chemin de Neuville who, respecting the instructions, reported to the Police Commissioner.
As a witness so wisely said, the prankster would have been better inspired by paying the amount of the costs occasioned by the assembly of his buffoonery to the collection for the elderly.
[Ref. lib1:] NEWSPAPER "NORD-MATIN":
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A saucer landed in Halluin. Better still, it was captured.
It was a resident of the Chemin de Neuville who, returning home Saturday evening, via Rue Walter Dumoulin, discovered the machine at a place called "La ferme Cuvelle". The saucer with yellow reflections was placed in a tree. It was a kind of paper basket supported by about twenty toy balloons, yellow, the work of little jokers, perhaps happy conscripts, returning from the Review Board?
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Negative case, failed prank.
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Halluin, Nord, negative case, prank, tree, canvas, balloons
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 17, 2020 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 2, 2020 | Addition [lib1]. |
