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October 9, 1954, South of the Haute-Marne, Haute-Marne:
Reference for this case: 9-Oct-54-South-Haute-Marne.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper L'Union of January 13, 1954 indicated that a sighting of January 9, 1954, between 07:45 a.m. and 08:00 a.m., in Froncles of a red luminous sphere followed by a red and blue trail crossing the sky from north to south across the Haute-Marne department was corroborated by the fact that residents in the southern part of the department, particularly in the chief town, had also witnessed the same phenomenon.
The newspaper wondered whther this was a "flying saucer".
I note that this chief town in the southern part of the department may have been Villegusien-le-Lac or Chalindrey.
[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.)
South of the Haute-Marne, Haute-Marne, dawn, multiple, Villegusien-le-Lac, Chalindrey
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