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OCTOBER 31, 1954, YSSINGEAUX, HAUTE-LOIRE:

Reference number for this case: 31-Oct-54-Yssingeaux. 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. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 31 October 1954 at 21:00 in Yssingeaux, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness for ten minutes. Explanation: Planet."

The sources are noted Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01); Newspaper Clippings.

EXPLANATIONS:

Not looked for yet. Probable meteor, if the indicated duration is not the correct one.

KEYWORDS:

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

Yssingueaux, Haute-Loire, tradesman, ball, tail, trail, sparks, descent, fast

REFERENCES:

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

[lp1] Article in the regional newspaper Le Provençal, France, page 9, November 2, 1954.
[ud1] "31 Oct 1954 - Yssingeaux, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf3/023638.htm

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	April 6, 2007	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 5, 2010	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [ud1].

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