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THE 1954 FRENCH FLAP IN THE PRESS:

The article underneath has been published in the daily newspaper Le Provençal, France, page 9, on November 18, 1954.

A mysterious object in the sky of Apt

Apt. (C.P.).
Sunday, around 08:30 p.m., people worthy of faith living in the district of the Plan, in Apt, saw in the sky, an enormous ball of fire, leaving behind itself a long luminous trail similar to a tail.
During its progression in space, during one minute approximately, the machine in question changed color, passing from the white to the orange and vice versa.
After having undergone a horizontal trajectory, the ball went up vertically and disappeared to the eyes of the observers.

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