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Reference number for this case: 9-Nov-54-Saint-Quentin. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 233] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two ufologists and authors indicate that on November 9, 1954, at 07:00 p.m., according to the newspaper La Montagne for November 15, 1954, a luminous machine resembling a rugby ball of red color was seen in Saint-Quentin in the Puy-de-Dome.
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