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Reference number for this case: Oct-54-La Rochelle. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 1632:] "LE MERIDIONAL" NEWSPAPER:
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In the sky of Ile-de-FranceA luminous craft said to have evolved at 10.000 km. hourMelun. -- A very large number of witnesses, inhabitants of the communities of the areas of Bray-sur-Seine, Lagny, Moret, Thomery stated to have seen, at the fallen night, a strange phenomenon: a craft of oval form, yellow orange color, measuring more than 20 meters, at 300 or 400 meters altitude. Precision: The 20 meters are said to be the real measurement of the object and not its dimension such as it appeared to them. The machine remained motionless during a certain time and disappeared at a vertiginous speed. One of the witnesses, Mr. André L..., weather specialist, who lives in Thomery, estimates that the speed of the machine was approximately 10.000 kilometer-hour. Quite simply! Mr. L... specified: "I am absolutely certain, for I know this question well, that it was neither a plane, nor of a weather-balloon." In Melun directly, several girls leaving an evening course claim to have seen in the sky a machine that was more or less similar, which, after having stopped during ten minutes, had risen very quickly in the sky. Meanwhile, a luminous ball resembling a headlight of a car is said to have appeared, six times, to two industrialists of Melun who circulated on the national road Melun-Rubelles. The appearance of this luminous source is said to have caused each time a very broad flash illuminating the area. Finally, several horse riders of center of a horsing center of La Rochelle claim to have seen a character fleeing from their park. "He was strange, they say. It could only have been a Martian." |
[Ref. 1683:] "LE QUOTIDIEN DE LA HAUTE-LOIRE" NEWSPAPER:
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[...] To finish, several horse riders of a center of La Rochelle claim to have seen a character fleeing from their park. He was strange, they say, it could be only a Martian. [...] |
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