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The 1954 French flap:

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END OF OCTOBER, 1954, LANARVILY, FINISTERE:

Reference number for this case: End-Oct-54-Lanarvily. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. 864:] "LA LIBERTE DU MORBIHAN" NEWSPAPER:

A red ball in the finisterian sky

BREST. -- Several inhabitants of the borough of Lanarvily had their attention drawn, last night, by a gleam caused by a red ball; which moved in the sky. A few days ago, other inhabitants of Lanarvily had seen in the sky an identical red ball, which trailed behind itself a luminous tail.

NOTE:

Lanarvily is at about 20 kilometers Northwest of Brest.

This page relates to the underline part of the article with reference 864.

EXPLANATIONS:

Not looked for yet. Probable meteor.

KEYWORDS:

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

Lanarvily, Finistère, red, ball, multiple, tail

REFERENCES:

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

[864] Article in the newspaper "La Liberté du Morbihan", page 10, October 29, 1954.

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