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Reference number for this case: 22-Sep-54-Clermont-Ferrand. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 1681] "LE MIDI LIBRE" NEWSPAPER:
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Flying saucersof a rugby ball and appeared to be at a considerable height." In the Meurthe-and-Moselle, several tens of workmen of "Sidelor", living the area of Lantefontaine-les-Baroches (M.-and-M.). claim to have seen six flying cigars between 04:30 and 05:00 in the sky . "We initially saw, they said, two "cigars", then afterwards, four other craft came to join the two first. All remained motionless one moment for finally disappearing instantaneously." In Le Puy, Mrs. Chaumard, resident of the district of La Girète, saw in the sky a machine having the shape of a cigar reddish glowing at an end, silent and appearing motionless. She managed to observe the machine during nearly a quarter of hour, then the "cigar" suddenly disappeared by taking altitude. The same observations were made by six inhabitants of Langeac (Haute-Loire) and several inhabitants of Gelles (Puy-de-Dome) or Clermont-Ferrand. In this area, rugby players training at the Vichy stadium saw a "flying cigar". In the AveyronFrom Villefranche-of-Rouergue in Aveyron, it is reported that an owner of Vabre-Tézac, Mr. Marre, saw a yellowish mass of color which moved away towards the south, without leaving behind any trace of smoke. The attention of Mr. Marre had been drawn by the noise of an engine. Other inhabitants of the locality also heard, from the inside of their house, the same noise, but not having come out, they did not see the weird "mass." |
[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.
He finds out in the regional newspaper "Sud-Ouest", of Bordeaux, for September 24, 1954, that a "flat luminous ruler" was seen in Clermont-Ferrand on October 22, 1954.
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Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, flat, luminous
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