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Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Bruyères.
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[Ref. lbs1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":
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20°) CASE Nr F/98/88541016 (03)
BRUYERES - SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 1954
Around 9:00 p.m. Local time
Witnesses: Mr. MOUGELLE Mr. FEINTRENIE
Sources: La Liberté de l'Est article, October 18, 1954
"A SAUCER IN THE BRUYERES SKY
Two of our friends MM. MOUGELLE and FEINTRENIE were on Saturday around 9 p.m. on the place du collège, when their attention was suddenly attracted by a disc with green and red reflections which was moving at high speed towards the west, leaving behind it a long trail with identical reflections. According to these gentlemen it was in no way comparable to a shooting star. It should be added that this phenomenon has been observed by several other of his fellow citizens".
(Full article).
Comments: The characteristics of these three cases [*] suggest that they may be one when viewed from different angles.
Note [*]: the two other cases mentionned here are Racecourt and Le Tolloy. Dozens others occurred, caused by the meteor of that day.
[Ref. lbs2:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":
| Num. | DATE | PLACE | TIME | SHORT DESCRIPTION | 1234 | SOURCES | EXPLANATIONS |
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| 10/16/1954 | BRUYERES | About 9 p.m.. | Idem. [="Big luminous ball with trail."] Several witnesses. | ...X | Liberté de l'Est for 05/11//1954 | Meteor? |
[Ref. cnu1:] CNEGU:
CNEGU indicates that their case F/98/88541016 in Bruyères Saturday, October 16, 1954 around 21:00, local time, had as witnesses Mr. Mougelle and Mr. Feintrenie and was reported in an article of La Liberté de l'Est for October 18, 1954:
"A SAUCER IN THE SKY OF BRUYERES"
"Two of our friends Misters MOUGELLE and FEINTRENIE were Saturday towards 9 p.m. place du collège, when their attention was suddenly attracted by a disc with the green and red reflections which moved at a sharp pace towards the west leaving behind itself a long trail with the identical reflections. According to these gentlemen that was by no means comparable with a shooting star. Let us add that this phenomenon was noticed by several others of his fellow-citizens".
CNEGU indicates that this is the entire article.
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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.)
Bruyères, Vosges, green, red, disc, Mougelle, Fentrenie, trail, luminous, fast
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 9, 2010 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | June 10, 2022 | Addition [lbs1]. |
