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Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Bouxurulles.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La Liberté de l'Est for October 21, 1954, reported that Mrs. Celine Voirin said to have seen "last Saturday" - thus on October 16, 1954 - at 09:30 p.m. "a phenomenon that dissolved her disbelief to the myth of the saucers."
Out to study the weather, she was surprised to see a big luminous ball coming towards her, leaving behind a luminous trail, a bit elongated.
Mrs. Voirin's family did not believe her, but "she remains convinced that she has not been hallucinated and she is worried about whether anyone had seen the same appearance at the same time as her", the diary concluded.
In fact, in a large part of France, this big meteor was seen, crossing the sky that day at that hour.
[Ref. lle1:] NEWSPAPER "LA LIBERTE DE L'EST":
Mrs. Céline Voirin claims to have been last Saturday at 09:30 p.m. the witness of a phenomenon which melted her incredulity with the myth of the saucers.
Gone outside to study the weather, she saw - nor without great amazement - come towards her, a large luminous ball leaving behind it a luminous trail, slightly lengthened.
Mrs. Voirin's family did not believe her but she remains convinced that she had not been the subject of an hallucination and she longs to know if someone else saw the same appearance at the same time as she did.
[Ref. lbs1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":
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18°) CASE Nr F/98/88541016 (01)
BOUXURULLES - SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 1954
9:30 p.m. Local time
Witness: Mrs Cécile VOIRIN
Sources: La Liberté de l'Est article of October 21, 1954
"IN BOUXURULLES (VOSGES) ONE SAW A F.S.
Mrs. Cécile VOIRIN claims to have witnessed a phenomenon last Saturday at 9:30 p.m. which sopped her disbelief in the saucer myth. Having gone out to study the weather, she saw not without great surprise a large luminous ball coming towards her, leaving behind a slightly elongated luminous trail. Mrs. VOIRIN's family did not believe her but she remains convinced that she was not the victime of a hallucination and she is worried to know whether anyone had the same appearance at the same time than her.
(Full article)
NOTE: See the following two cases on the same day.
[Ref. lbs2:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":
| Num. | DATE | LIEU | HEURE | DESCRIPTIF RAPIDE | 1234 | SOURCES | EXPLICATIONS |
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| 10/16/1954 | BOUXURULLES | 09:30 p.m. | Big luminous ball with trail. | ...X | Liberté de l'Est for 10/21/1954 | Meteor? |
[Ref. cnu1:] CNEGU:
CNEGU has catalogue their case number F/98/88541016 (01) as having taken place in Bouxurulles, on Saturday, October 16, 1954 at 09:30 p.m., local time, with Mrs. Céline Voirin as witness, and an article of La Liberté de l'Est for October 21, 1954, as source, indicating:
"IN BOUXURULLES (THE VOSGES) A F.S. WAS SEEN"
"Mrs. Céline Voirin claims to have been last Saturday at 09:30 p.m. the witness of a phenomenon which melted her incredulity with the myth of the saucers. Gone outside to study the weather, she saw - nor without great amazement - come towards her, a large luminous ball leaving behind it a luminous trail, slightly lengthened. Mrs. Voirin's family did not believe her but she remains convinced that she had not been the subject of an hallucination and she longs to know if someone else saw the same appearance at the same time as she did."
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The meteor of October 16, 1954, at 09:30 p.m..
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Bouxurulles, Vosges, Celine Voirin, ball, luminous, trail, night
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