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ily saw a very bright object come very close to the
ground. (56;M 162)
Don court-Village (France). Farmers awakened by a
whistling sound saw a flat object land near the woods.
It soon rose very fast, vertically, and flew away. The
ground was found calcined. Samples were taken by
police officials for analysis. (56)
Acquigny (France). Two men riding motorcycles saw
a bell-shaped craft about 2.5 m high, hovered 1 m
above the Evreux-Louviers railroad line. The lower
part was ringlike, and the object gave off reddish and
greenish sparks. A burst of orange light was seen as it
jumped about 10 m high, then it remained motionless
for about 1 hr, during which time a third witness
joined the first two. It ultimately turned brighter and
flew away toward the east. (55; M 162)
Fonfrede, near Chambon Feugerolles (France). Baptiste
Jourdy, who was making the daily collection of
milk, was suddenly stopped as the engine and headlights
of his truck died. He got out and saw a light
above him. After it crossed the road, the headlights
came on again and he was able to restart his truck.
(57)
Lacanche (France). Mr. Labonde was driving at the
intersection of D14 and D104 when he was followed
by a sort of luminous globe surrounded with a reddish
glow, about 2 m in size. It stayed within 25 m of the
car. (58; M 158)
Sassier, near La Carie (France). Messrs. Gallois and
Vigneron, who were driving from Clamecy to Corbigny,
felt an "electric shock" as the car headlights
died. They then saw a craft in a pasture 50 m away.
It was cylindrical, fairly thick, and three dwarfs were
standing close by. No light was seen, except a small,
reddish point. Both witnesses were "paralyzed" until
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the craft left. A third witness, Mr. Chaumeau, had
seen a lighted object fly over the woods at La Carie.
(57; M 158)
Heimersdorf (France). Anny Pracht, her sister Roselyne,
and two other persons saw a luminous object on
the ground. It became fiery red in color and flew away
when they came near. (56; M 162)
Bauquay (France). A large, red object was seen flying
very fast at treetop level while cattle panicked. Three
witnesses. (Quincy; M 162)
Lavarande (Algeria). A large disk flying very low over
a road scared two truck drivers, Messrs. Gaston Breau
and Amoura, who stopped their gasoline truck and
ran away into the fields while the object flew on toward
Medea in silence. (59)
Taupignac (France). Three men driving near Taupignac
got out of their car to observe an intense red
sphere in the sky. Then they discovered a round machine
with a dome, 6 m diameter, giving off a yellowred
light, 200 m away at 10 m altitude. It was motionless
and silent. It suddenly moved horizontally for a
short distance and landed behind a woods. Two
witnesses went closer and saw four dwarfs, 1 m tall,
who seemed busy with the machine. The creatures
rushed inside when the witnesses arrived within 15 m.
The witnesses were blinded by a sudden burst of light,
blue, then orange, then red, and the object took off
vertically at fantastic speed. (Personal)
Birac (France). Four persons, among them Julia
Juste, Maria Barbeau, and Marion Le Tanneur, of
Jarnac, saw two luminous spheres flying in the same
direction. Having stopped and maneuvered in midair,
the larger one took on a deep red color, turned to
an intense white light with a red aura, and both
landed, Witnesses did not wait. (Quincy; M 160)