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Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Villers-lès-Nancy.
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The newspaper L'Est Républicain of Nancy, dated October 4, 1954, reported what a Mr. "M...", a resident of Vandœuvre, had told them the previous evening.
He had said that at around 3:45 p.m., while he was in his garden in Villers – thus Villers-lès-Nancy – he saw in the sky, "moving in the same direction as a plane passing at the same moment, a sort of sphere about the size of a saucepan. I had barely recovered from my surprise when other, smaller spheres, but 'sailing' at the same speed, dotted the sky."
He had called his wife and daughter so they could witness the passage of these "strange objects," and that "many neighbors, like us, saw these spheres."
The newspaper wondered whether these were what one calls "flying saucers", or "red balloons that delighted the children at a nearby neighborhood festival" and noted that "the objects were heading in the direction of Toul..."
[Ref. ler1:] NEWSPAPER "L'EST REPUBLICAIN":
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A saucer in the Nancy sky. It is not the first, and it certainly will not be the last. For informational purposes, however, we wish to share what was recounted to us last night by Mr. M..., a resident of Vandoeuvre.
"It was around 3:45 p.m.," he said, "when, while in my garden in Villers, I saw in the sky, moving in the same direction as a passing airplane, a sort of sphere about the size of a saucepan. I had barely recovered from my surprise when other, smaller spheres, but 'sailing' at the same speed, dotted the sky."
"I called my wife and daughter so they could witness the passage of these strange objects. Many neighbors, like us, saw these spheres."
Were these what we call flying saucers? Or simply red balloons delighting children at a nearby neighborhood festival? The question remains open.
One final detail: the objects were heading in the direction of Toul...
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A daytime incident that could be truly strange, unless it was indeed children's balloons inflated with helium.
It is also possible that these were balls of spider threads, for example.
See also this other incident in Nancy on the same day, but for which the time was not specified.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Villers-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, balls, airplane, balloons
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