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Reference number for this case: 30-Sep-54-Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 1145:] AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE:
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Several tens of workmen of Sidélor living the area of Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches (the Meurthe et Moselle), claim to have seen in the sky six flying cigars between 4:30 and 5:30. |
[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. 654:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel says this case in Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches en Meurthe-et-Moselle occurred on September 23, 1954.
Aimé Michel indicates that the case is briefly reported in the newspaper "France-Soir" for September 26, 1954.
[Ref. 397:] CHARLES GARREAU AND RAYMOND LAVIER:
Indicating newspaper cuttings and personal files as their sources, the authors report of an observation on September 23, 1954 in Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches in the Meurthe-et-Moselle, of which they say that it is one of the rare observations in the world involving a formation of "cigars."
At four o'clock and and half, in the night, on the roads which converge towards the SIDELOR factories, tens of workmen went to their work on bicycles.
They see two luminous objects in the shape of cigars appear in the sky, which immobilize above the countryside.
The majority of the observers put feet at ground for better observing the machines which do not move. Soon, under the eyes of all these observers, four other cigars emerge, sink in the direction of the two first and stop dead short while arriving near them.
During a few minutes, the six "cigars" remain motionless, and certain workmen start to worry, one of them uttering "maybe they're goin' to land!" The others laughed, but again get on their bicycles, with one foot only at the ground, the other on the pedal
One of the witnesses indicates, "with one noteable feeling of relief, we saw them start moving, rising, and disappearing in a few seconds. " He and much of his comrades checked in with a few minutes of delay at the factory.
[Ref. 312] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The authors say that for the case in Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches for September 24, 1954, no investigation is possible because the witnesses are not known.
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