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Reference number for this case: 2-Oct-54-Avignon. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. am1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel reports that there was a sighting on October 2, 1954, in Avignon, France.
[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Vaucluse in Avignon on October 2, 1954, "towards 13:15 an object shining of a sharp glare is observed above the right bank of the Rhone. It stayed at a constant distance from the Moon seeming to move in liaison with it. Observed with the binocular it seemed to change shape from a disc domed in the center to a very lengthened oval, from where by the base a kind of reddish trail escaped. It remained visible until 16:30, fading as the night fell. During the observation it had moved by 45° in the sky going from East to West."
The source is indicated as "Alerte dans le ciel by Garreau Charles ** Alain Lefeuvre 1981".
Not looked for yet.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Avignon, Vaucluse, daytime, object, shining, disc, oval, trail, binoculars
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