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October 9, 1954, Froncles, Haute-Marne:
Reference for this case: 9-Oct-54-Froncles.
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The regional newspaper L'Union of January 13, 1954, wondered whether a "flying saucer" had been present in the sky of the Haute-Marne department.
An anonymous witness, Mrs. C... H..., at the Bel Air in Froncles, stated that on January 9, 1954, between 07:45 and 08:00 a.m., just as daylight was beginning to break, she saw a "strange object" in the sky, coming from the north (toward Joinville) and moving roughly toward the south (toward Chaumont).
The object was described as a luminous red sphere, followed by a reddish and blue trail.
It crossed the sky over Froncles at very high speed, then, obscured by a cloud, the sphere and its trail "quickly disappeared."
The newspaper specifies that this testimony cannot be doubted, notably because residents of the southern part of the department had also witnessed the same phenomenon.
[Ref. unn1:] NEWSPAPER "L'UNION":
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FRONCLES. -- On Saturday, between 7:45 and 8 a.m., Mrs. C... H... observed at Bel Air, just as daylight was beginning to break, a strange object in the sky. Coming from the north (direction Joinville) and moving roughly southward (direction Chaumont), a luminous red ball followed by a reddish and blue trail crossed the sky over Froncles at very high speed.
Obscured by a cloud, the sphere and its trail quickly disappeared.
The testimony of Mrs. C... H... cannot be doubted; moreover, residents of the southern part of the department, particularly those of the chief town, were also witnesses to the same phenomenon.
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The meteor at 07:48 a.m. on that day.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Froncles, Haute-Marne, flying saucer, anonymous, Bel Air, dawn, Joinville, Chaumont, ball, luminous, red, trail, reddish, blue, fast
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