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Reference for this case: Beg-Sep-54-Ribécourt.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The newspaper L'Union of Reims on September 3, 1954, reported that a flying saucer had been seen in the Oise department.
The paper noted, among other things, that Mr. Gaston Clément, a rural guard in Ribécourt, stated that while starting his shift, around 5:20 a.m., he saw a luminous object of various colors coming from Attichy, moving westward at high speed.
Interviewed, Mr. Gaston Clément declared:
"My astonishment was all the greater since I did not expect to see such a craft above our village. As there is much talk at the moment about flying saucers, I certainly thought I was witnessing a similar phenomenon."
[Ref. unn1:] NEWSPAPER "L'UNION":
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The department of Oise also has its flying saucer. This is the result of the statements of Mr. Gaston Clément, rural guard in Ribécourt, who claims to have seen, while beginning his duty around 5:20 a.m., a luminous object of different colors coming from Attichy and moving westward at great speed.
Several people from Tracy-le-Mont also confirm having seen this craft passing over the village and heading west.
Interviewed, Mr. Gaston Clément declared:
"My surprise was all the greater because I did not expect to see such a craft above our village. As there is much talk at the moment about flying saucers, I thought I was certainly witnessing a similar phenomenon."
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Tracy-le-Mont is at 9 km in the Southeast of Ribécourt, Attichy is in the same direction.
The data is obviously insufficient; notably, the date is missing, which I can only surmise was in early September 1954.
The so-called "flying saucer" could, of course, have been a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ribécourt, Oise, Gaston Clément, country warden, object, luminous, colors, Attichy, fast, flying saucer
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