| Location: | Oberdorf, départment 68, Haut-Rhin |
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| Date: | September 19, 1954, 09:15pm |
| Number of witnesses: | Unknown |
| Type: | Luminous object, then red round shape |
| Lasted: | At least 40 seconds |
M. M. observes an odd gleam, then a dazzling object emerges, slows down and lands East of Tromborn. The UFO which had the size of a small bus, stays stationnary for about forty seconds. The gleam became reddish then the object became animated and took the shape of a red ball and moved away, flattening before disappearing. At Vanderling an electrician, Mr. P. saw an object that he compared to a fluorescent tube.
An article in the national daily newspaper "Le Parisien" was published on September 23, 1954, about this sighting.
On September 19, 1954, at 09:15pm in Oberdorf, a bright light was seen in the Eastern direction, it landed and diminished its luminosity. It stayed on the ground for aproximately 40 seconds. It has the soze of a small bus and a silhouette was seen in front of it. I took off and then had the shape of a red balloon.
This case now appears with much more information in my general catalogue of the French UFO reports of year 1954.
