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NOVEMBER 1, 1954, VIOMENIL, VOSGES:
Reference number for this case: 1-nov-54-Vioménil. Thank you for including this reference number
in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
REPORTS:
[Ref. 951] "LA LIBERTE DE L'EST" NEWSPAPER:
The part of the article concerning this case is the bolded part in fat, which
was not bolded in the original article.
VIOMENIL (Vosges)
SERIAL PHENOMENA OR COLLECTIVE ILLUSION?
It was approximately 08:30 P.M. last Monday when Mr. Robert Didier, farmer
residing in the farm of "La Bataille" saw in the sky above the pumping station
of the community and moving towards Belrupt at a very high speed and without making
noise, a whitish disc of 40 cm approximately, which left a long and broad trail
of several colors behind itself.
The morning of the following day, i.e. Tuesday November 2, at about 06:15 A.M., Mr.
Paul Poirot also residing in "La Bataille," on hearing a gentle humming, came out
fast of his place and exclaimed soon afterwards: "It's falling!"
His relatives were quickly outside and learned that a green disc releasing
flames behind itself went down at high speed towards a close clearing.
Everyone run to the supposed spot of the fall but nothing was discovered.
During the same day one learned as Mr. Robert Gegonne, farmer in Tholloy, had
seen in the morning at about the same time a similar disc above the farm,
which did also come from Tholloy and directed itself also towards Belrupt.
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Note: the following observations of the next date mentioned in this article are documented at their date.
EXPLANATIONS:
Very likely a meteor.
KEYWORDS:
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Vioménil, Vosges, meteor, disc, contrail, white, whitish, multicolored, Robert Didier, silent, fast
REFERENCES:
[-] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.
- [951] Article in the regional newspaper "La Liberté de l'Est", November 5, 1954.
