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Reference for this case: 29-Sep-54-Ancerville.
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The regional newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain for October 2, 1954, reported that Mr. Gilbert Daunay, an employee of the S.N.C.F. (national railway co.) in Saint-Dizier, residing in Ancerville, was in the company of his father-in-law, Mr. Deschamps, in front of his home when he saw a light coming from the east, roughly the size of the moon, violet in color, followed by a red trail, and moving much faster than an airplane.
This was apparently presented as one of the observations of September 29, 1954, in the Saint-Dizier region.
The regional newspaper L'Est Républicain for October 5, 1954, reported that they had read in the press that on September 29, 1954, around 8:30 p.m., a railway worker from Ancerville saw the object seen at the same time in Commercy.
[Ref. rln1:] NEWSPAPER "LE REPUBLICAIN LORRAIN":
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ST-DIZIER. -- Wednesday evening, the mayor of St-Dizier and two railway workers saw a luminous cigar-shaped object cross the sky and disappear at the zenith.
Mr. Raoul Laurent, mayor of St-Dizier, had left the town hall around 8 p.m. when he noticed the strange apparition.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gilbert Daunay, an employee of the S.N.C.F. in St-Dizier, living in Ancerville, was with his father-in-law Mr. Deschamps in front of his home when he saw a glow coming from the east, about the size of the moon, violet in color, followed by a red trail. It was moving much faster than a plane.
Finally, Mr. Pierre Leclerc, also an S.N.C.F. employee in St-Dizier, was walking alone in the center of Villecomte when he too witnessed the phenomenon.
[Ref. ler1:] NEWSPAPER "L'EST REPUBLICAIN":
"It will be said that I am a joker", told us George Guillemin, baker. "Wednesday evening September 29, whereas I was in Commercy to spend my Thursday of rest there, and that the crowd was going to another direction to see the Super Circus, I was with the Berthemy district at about 08:30 P.M. with my young daughter Jocelyne, aged 10. In the sky, we saw a luminous tube, about of the diameter of the Moon, during at least ten seconds, in the direction of Couzance-St-Dizier."
Since then we read in the newspapers that Mr. the Mayor of St-Dizier and a railwayman of Ancerville had also seen it at the same hour this same Wednesday. A person told us, as well as his wife, to have seen a luminous object like the Moon, but a little smaller, hovering in the direction of Bar-le-Duc.
[Ref. fle1:] FERNAND LAGARDE:
This ufologist reproduces the [ler1] source:
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[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Meuse in Ancerville Gue on September 29, 1954 at 20:30 hours, "a railwayman observes a luminous object. "
The source is indicated as "Lumières dans la Nuit issue 259/260".
[Ref. eme1:] "EST MAGAZINE":
From the autumn 1954 on, the skies of our areas were the theatre of strange demonstrations. Invaders came from space...
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A ball of orange color surrounded by a purplish halation is reported in Ancerville in the Meuse also in the autumn of '54.
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The September 29, 1954, meteor about 08:30 p.m.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ancerville, Meuse, ball, orange, purple, halo, halation, railwayman
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 19, 2010 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | September 30, 2014 | Explanation changed from "Not looked for yet" to "The September 29, 1954, meteor, about 08:30 p.m.." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | November 20, 2021 | Addition of the Summary. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | july 30, 2025 | Addition [rln1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [rln1]. |
