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Reference for this case: 9-Jan-54-Perrigny-lès-Dijon.
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The regional newspaper Le Bien Public published on January 12, 1954, a letter they had received from Mr. Gaston Moniot, a resident of Perrigny-lès-Dijon, who reported:
"On Saturday morning, around 7:45 a.m., I was in my yard when my eyes were drawn to a bright, dazzling light coming from an elliptical-shaped, shiny object moving rapidly through the sky in a roughly northwest to southeast direction. Given the speed and brightness of the object, I had the impression that it was flying at a relatively low altitude. Its disappearance was sudden and silent. The disc remained visible for five to six seconds. Perhaps it had been visible earlier, but I had not noticed it."
The newspaper wondered whether it was "one of those mysterious and ghostly flying saucers that, in recent days, seem to have resumed intense activity?"
[Ref. bpc1:] NEWSPAPER "LE BIEN PUBLIC":
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We received the following letter from Mr. Gaston Moniot, residing in Perrigny-les-Dijon:
On Saturday morning, around 7:45 a.m., I was in my yard when my eyes were drawn to a bright, dazzling light coming from an elliptical-shaped, shiny object moving rapidly through the sky in a roughly northwest to southeast direction. Given the speed and brightness of the object, I had the impression that it was flying at a relatively low altitude. Its disappearance was sudden and silent. The disc remained visible for five to six seconds. Perhaps it had been visible earlier, but I had not noticed it.
Was this one of those mysterious and ghostly flying saucers that, in recent days, seem to have resumed intense activity? The mystery remains.
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The meteor seen in the entire region at 07:48 a.m..
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Perrigny-lès-Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Gaston Moniot, bright, dazzling, luminous, elliptical, shiny, object, fast, duration
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