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OCTOBER 31, 1954, LEZOUX, PUY-DE-DOME:

Reference number for this case: 31-oct-54-Lezoux. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. lp1:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:

BALLS ...

Yssingeaux (A.F.P.). A tradesman of Yssingeaux saw, Sunday evening towards 9 p.m., in the sky, a large ball finished by a tail producing sparks. The machine going down at a vertiginous pace, the observer believed that it was a plane falling in flames. But suddenly, it suspended its race, moved away and disappeared. The phenomenon had lasted from 10 to 15 minutes.

... AND FLYING CRESCENTS

Clermont-Ferrand (A.F.P.).
Inhabitants of Lézoux (Puy-de-Dome) saw an orange "crescent" moving without noise in a north-western to south-eastern direction. The phenomenon could be observed half an hour approximately.

[Ref. ld1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" MAGAZINE:

This magazine indicates that on October 31, 1954, two inhabitants of Lezoux observed an orangeish crescent slowly moving from the North-West to the North-East.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 31 October 1954 in Lezoux, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed."

The source is indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)".

EXPLANATIONS:

Not looked for yet. The moon, to check.

KEYWORDS:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Lezoux, Puy-de-Dôme, orange, orangeish, slow, moon, crescent, multiple, duration

REFERENCES:

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

[lp1] Article in the regional newspaper Le Provençal, France, page 9, November 2, 1954.
[---] Article in the regional newspaper La Montagne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, November 9, 1954.
[ld1] "Les Archives de 1954 pour le Puy-de-Dôme", in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #125, page 27, May 1973.
[ud1] "31 Oct 1954 - Lezoux, France", web page at the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf3/023641.htm

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	April 21, 2003	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 14, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [ud1].

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