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Reference for this case: Beg-Oct-54-BanogneRecouvrance.
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An article from the regional newspaper L'Ardennais dated October 8, 1954, reported an explained case, vaguely dated as "one day last week":
A musician from Rethel who was heading to Banogne-Recouvrance for the local festival had been intrigued by seeing "luminous trails" in the sky.
The newspaper stated that, upon investigation, these "flying saucers" were in fact only anti-aircraft searchlights belonging to military units conducting maneuvers at the Sissonne training camps.
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After a false alarm, here at last is a real one. In fact, one day last week, a musician from Rethel who was heading to Banogne-Recouvrance, where a local festival was taking place, was intrigued by the presence of luminous trails in the sky.
Upon investigation, the "flying saucers" turned out to be nothing more than anti-aircraft searchlights belonging to military units conducting maneuvers at the Sissonne training camps. At least, that was the conclusion of the inquiry conducted at the time.
But this latest report seems to carry a certain air of credibility. On Sunday evening, several residents of Tagnon reportedly saw a luminous, orange-colored object moving through the sky in the southwest direction from the aforementioned locality. The same phenomenon was also apparently observed by several motorists who were driving at that exact moment on Route Nationale 51.
Depending on the location - or more precisely, the position - of the observers relative to this mysterious craft, it appeared in different shapes: oval to some, elongated like a cigar to others.
Was this phenomenon also seen by residents of other towns, and could it be one of the enigmatic "flying cigars"?
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This is what is referred to in ufology as a "negative case," meaning a sighting report that received a valid ordinary explanation without requiring evaluation or investigation by ufologists.
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Banogne-Recouvrance, Ardennes, trails, luminous, projectors, A-A, Sissonne
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