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[Ref. 711] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist and author Jean Sider learned in an article from the newspaper Les Nouvelles du Morbihan, of Vannes, for November 14, 1954 on page 4, that on November 4, 1954, at 6:30 in the morning in Le Sourn in the department of Morbihan, Jacques Leclainche and Joseph Postic, farmers in Locmaria, left their farm when they noted that it was clear as daylight in the farmyard.
They saw at a low height an oval machine of a great luminosity and white color, which then disappeared towards the south while rolling on itself.
The same display is contemplated by Mrs. Corre, of Kerven, during a morning walk at 6:30 a.m. also. Other witnesses of Guériellec, Kermer, Kerlay and of Malrand reported identical testimonys.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the phenomenon is observed by several inhabitants of Pontivy, and at approximately the same hour, a farmer of Kerhulu who was leading his horse to the blacksmith in the darkness, whereas he arrived near Kerserre, close to the Le Sourn, was literally dazzled by two excessively sharp lights appearing to come from two headlights.
The man and the animal remained one moment absolutely frozen by fear. Almost at once, the machine rose from the ground, took altitude and disappeared. Dazzled by the light, the man could not distinguish much, but estimated that the machine might have measured 5, 6, or 7 meters in length.
Later at daylight, he returned on the location to seek possible traces, but did not find any.
At the same time, a resident of the borough noticed a luminous ball in the sky, "so luminous that you could have seen a needle on the ground."
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