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Reference for this case: 28-Sep-54-Montceau-les-Mines.
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The regional newspaper Le Courrier de Saône-et-Loire for October 30, 1954, reported, as a follow-up to the observation of September 28, 1954, around 5:45 p.m., of a "flying cigar" with a red trail passing at high altitude over Chalon-sur-Saône, that there had been "credible testimonies from residents of rue des Chênes" in Montceau-les-Mines, of the "same craft" which then flew over the Mining Basin, "before disappearing from the sight of the curious onlookers."
[Ref. csl1:] NEWSPAPER "LE COURRIER DE SAONE-ET-LOIRE":
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On Thursday evening, around 5:45 p.m., a group of shopkeepers on Avenue Boucicaut and many residents living near the corner of Rue du Champ-Gaillard saw a mysterious object that they could not describe, as it was flying at a very high altitude.
Mr. Maugey, a physical education teacher, who was on his balcony and able to observe the object's movement a bit longer as it headed toward the Dheune Valley, said he believed it was a huge rocket, noting he clearly saw a long red trail likely caused by the propulsion system of the mysterious object, which some people dubbed a "flying cigar."
According to credible witnesses from Rue des Chênes, in Montceau, the same object flew over the mining basin shortly afterward before vanishing from view from the curious onlookers.
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The description for the observation at Chalon-sur-Saône, very sparse, makes me think it might have been a meteor. Unfortunately, the duration of the observation is not reported.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire, multiple, craft
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