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Reference number for this case: 17-sep-54-Clermont. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 1680:] NEWSPAPER "LE MERIDIONAL:"
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"CIGARS" AND "SAUCERS" SEEN IN THE AUVERGNECLERMONT-FERRAND. -- Six inhabitants of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white gleam moving in the sky in direction of the South. A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dome), Mrs. Vve Melles, claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous machine of elongated form "in the kind of a cigar". The machine moved without noise. A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms: he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly coloured in pink". Rugby players training at the Vichy stadium saw a "flying cigar". ... and near La Rochelle LA ROCHELLE. -- In A Charron (Charente-Maritime) three fishermen and a customs officer state to have seen, during one of these last nights, a formation of flying saucers evolving very low and flying over the shore before disappearing. |
[Ref. 206:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" MAGAZINE:
The magazine indicates that on September 24, 1954, in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, a person who was collecting mushrooms saw a luminous trail.
[Ref. 1433:] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The two authors indicate, in order to illustrate their opinion on the poor content of the saucer reports in the press, the following extract of which they indicate that the source is the newspaper Ouest-France on September 27, 1954.
"A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking up mushrooms when he saw in the sky at a high altitude, "a luminous trail, of slightly coloured pink.""
Further on in their book thy add that they say nothing of this and "leave the entire responsibility of his statement to the anonymous witness."
[Ref. 1410:] MICHEL JEANTHEAU:
While browsing his documentation to check the cases alloted to the September 24 of 1954 that presumedly formed an line with Bayonne and Vichy as reference points, Michel Jeantheau checks on a case that Jacques Vallée indicated as of September 24, 1954 in Clermont-Ferrand.
He notes that it is impossible to know which observation in Clermont-Ferrand Jacques Vallée intends to refer to since he does not give any source or description.
Il trouve qu'un observation communiquée par une agence de presse a été reprise dans divers journaux du 26 et 27 septembre 1954 sous la forme: He finds that an observation communicated by a Press agency was included in various newspapers of September 26 and 27, 1954 as:
"An resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms, when he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly coloured of pink.""
The date and the time are not specified, except in the newspaper "La Liberté" of Clermont-Ferrand for September 25, 1954 where the date is given as September 17, 1954, the time as 05:00 p.m. and the name of the witness as Mr. Morel.
The place is the plate of the hills of Clermont at approximately 4 kilometers from the town center of Clermont-Ferrand.
Not looked for yet. Possible cloud, possible high altitude noctilucent cloud.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, anonymous, luminous, trail, pink, high, Morel, afternoon
[-] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.
