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October 16, 1954, Compiègne, Oise:

Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Compiègne.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In their 1979 book "La Grande Peur Martienne" ("The Great Martian Scare"), the two "skeptical" ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker indicated that in Compiègne, on October 16, 1954, at 09:25 p.m., there was an obvious description of a meteor, with a duration of 1.5 seconds, whose witness could not be found when they wanted to investigate.

They gave neither the name of the witness they sought, nor a source, nor any other information.

Reports:

[Ref. bbr1:] GERARD BARTHEL ET JACQUES BRUCKER:

The authors say that in Compiègne on October 16, 1954 at 21:25 there was an obvious description of a fireball, with a 1.5 seconds duration, whose witness was untraceable when they wanted to investigate.

[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:

The author says that Barthel and Brucker categorically explained on this case without giving "the least indication about what they undertook to be final" in their verdict.

Explanations:

Map.

Shooting star or the meteor of October 16, 1954 at 9:30 p.m..

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Compiègne, Oise, fireball, meteor, shooting star, duration, night

Sources:

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Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross February 9, 2010 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross October 26, 2019 Addition of the Summary.

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