The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: Oct-54-bb5.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In their 1979 book "La Grande Peur Martienne" ("The Great Martian Scare"), the "skeptical" ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker indicated the following extract in order to illustrate their opinion on the poor information of the Press reports. They indicated the source as the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 7, 1954:
"Miss Réjane Mestin saw a large star like a plate, with notched contours, of orange color, and which strongly shone."
[Ref. b1:] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The two authors indicate, in order to illustrate their opinion on the poor content of the saucer reports in the press, the following extract of which they indicate that the source is the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 7, 1954:
"Miss Réjane Mestin saw a large star like a plate, with notched contours, of orange color, and which strongly shone."
Totally insufficient information.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Réjane Mestin, large, star, plate, notched, orange
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