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NOVEMBER 1, 1954, WELFERDING, MOSELLE:

Reference number for this case: 1-Nov-54-Welferding. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. 606:] VICENTE-JUAN BALLESTER-OLMOS, "FOTOCAT 1954":

(77)
DATE: 1 November 1954 (approximate day)
LOCATION: Welferding, Moselle (France)
FORMAT: Picture
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jean Geraut
EXPLANATION: Fake
REFERENCES: Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker, La Grande Peur Martienne (Nouvelles Éditions Rationnalistes, Paris, 1979), pages 192-193 and plates. It quotes the original source, the journal L’Aurore, November 2, 1954, and the magazine Radar, November 14, 1954, which reveals the deceit.
REMARKS: Nil

EXPLANATIONS:

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KEYWORDS:

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Welferding, Moselle, Jean Guéraut, photograph, hoax, picture, fake

REFERENCES:

[-] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.

[-] Article in the national newspaper "L'Aurore", November 2, 1954.
[-] Article in the magazine "Radar", November 4, 1954.
[-] "La grande peur martienne", book by Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker, Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes publisher, 1979.
[606] "The year 1954 in photos", paper by Vicente-Juan Ballester-Olmos, Fondation Anomaly, Espagne, 2004.

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