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Reference number for this case: End-Oct-54-Mailly-le-Camp. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. gl1:] CHARLES GARREAU AND RAYMOND LAVIER:
The two authors indicate that in the Camp of Mailly in the Aube, at the end of October 1954, a sighting occurred, whose details were communicated to Charles Garreau by the Scientific Office of the Ministry for the Air.
The witnesses all belonged to the special services of the Air Force. Among them, colonel Decker, chief engineer of the S.C.A.N. (National Company of Aeronautical Engineerings of the North), and former head of the guided missiles section within the Ministry for the Air.
Mr. Decker and several other technicians, among those the colonel who, thereafter, wrote the report transmitted to the scientific Office, were on the point of leaving the camp of Mailly, where they had just carried out tests of radio-controlled anti-tank devices, when suddenly, slightly in the north compared to the setting sun, something appeared in the sky.
The authors quote him:
"It was exactly 05:30 p.m.. The sun had just disappeared behind the horizon. The object evolved at an angular height ranging between 20° and 45°. One would have said "a small segment of straight line", advancing with a slope of 30° relative to the vertical."
Prodigiously interested, the technicians followed the progression of the appearance, which continued to advance in this position during 25 to 30 seconds, then rocked around its centre of gravity, and reduced to a point which very quickly disappeared.
The authors indicate that the report is disconcerting because of the qualities of the witnesses, since all can recognize not only ordinary planes in flight but also the prototypes and the majority of the guided missiles.
[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:
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Base Nr: 1257 Official investigation done Place of observation: Mailly le Camp Department : Aube (10) Lat. 48.666 Long. +4.216 Date of observation: octobre 1954 Time: 05:38 p.m. Type of observation: Visual: Distant Number of witnesses: undetermined number Towards the end of the month, several people among them a colonel, and an engineer specialized in aeronotics [sic], left the camp of Mailly where they had been testing apparatus, when suddenly slightly in the north compared to the setting sun which had just disappeared behind the horizon, an object evolving with an angular height ranging between 20 and 45° appeared. It resembled a small segment of straightline, advancing with a slope of 30° on the vertical. The object advanced in this position during 25 to 30 seconds, then it rocked around its centre of gravity and reduced to a point which very quickly disappeared. Number of object: 1 Type of object : Cigar Color not defined No indication of luminosity No weather indication Physical effects: No Effects on the witness: No Presence of entities: No Sources by ** |
[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 27 October 1954 at 17:45 in Camp.Mailly, France, "Hovered." And: "A hovering object was observed. One object, larger than a star, was observed by one witness for a few seconds."
The sources are indicated as Poher, Claude, Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag, Author, undated; Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).
Not looked for yet. Possible plane noctilucent contrail or plane noctilucent degassing, or noctilucent cloud.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Mailly-le-Camp, Aube, anonymous, official, colonel, multiple, line, dot, manoeuvers, object, elongated
[---] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.
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