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Reference for this case: 13-Aug-54-Lorient.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La Liberté du Morbihan for August 19, 1954, reported this:
A craft of the type commonly called a "flying saucer" was reportedly seen in the sky over Lorient on Friday evening around 9:30 p.m. by a few passers-by on Ratier Street.
The craft, oval in shape, was moving sideways at very high speed, leaving behind it a luminous trail that disappeared immediately after its passage.
[Ref. lmn1:] NEWSPAPER "LA LIBERTE DU MORBIHAN":
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A craft of the type commonly called a "flying saucer" was reportedly seen in the sky over Lorient on Friday evening around 9:30 p.m. by a few passers-by on Ratier Street.
The craft, oval in shape, was moving sideways at very high speed, leaving behind it a luminous trail that disappeared immediately after its passage.
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Obvious description of a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Lorient, Morbihan, saucer, evening, multiple, rue Ratier, craft, oval, fast, trails, luminous
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