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October 18, 1954, Velotte, Vosges:

Reference for this case: 18-Oct-54-Velotte.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In 1984, the Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans La Nuit ufology group noted in their catalogue their case number F/98/88541018 (02) that took place on Monday, October 18, 1954 at approximately 08:45 local time, the witness being Mr. Wucherier.

The source is an article in the newspaper La Liberté de l'Est for October 23-24, 1954, telling:

"Monday evening, Mr. Wucherier, returning of his work and getting out of the rail-car of 08:45 p.m., clearly saw a ball of fire crossing the space while emitting blue, white, red and orange gleams."

Reports:

[Ref. lbs1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":

22°) CASE Nr F/98/88541018 (02)

VELOTTE - MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1954

Approximately 8:45 p.m.

Witness: Mr WUCHERIER

Sources: La Liberté de l'Est article, October 23-24, 1954

"Monday evening, Mr. WUCHERIER, returning from his work and getting off the 8:45 p.m. railcar, clearly saw a ball of fire crossing the space emitting blue, white, red and orange lights."

[Ref. lbs2:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":

Num.	DATE	PLACE	TIME	SHORT DESCRIPTION	1234	SOURCES	EXPLANATIONS
	10/18/1954	VELOTTE	08:45 p.m.	A witness observes a "ball of fire" crossing space emitting colored lights.	...X	Liberté de l'Est for 10/21/1954

[Ref. cnu1:] CNEGU:

CNEGU noted in their catalogue their case number F/98/88541018 (02) that took place on Monday, October 18, 1954 at approximately 08:45 local time, the witness being Mr. Wucherier.

The source is an article in the newspaper La Liberté de l'Est for October 23-24, 1954, telling:

"Monday evening, Mr. WUCHERIER, returning of his work and getting out of the rail-car of 08:45 p.m., clearly saw a ball of fire crossing the space while emitting blue, white, red and orange gleams."

Explanations:

The 08:45 p.m. meteor.

Keywords:

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

Velotte, Vosges, night, Wucherier, blue, white, red, orange, ball, fire, luminous, single

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[----] Article in the regional newspaper La Liberté de l'Est, France, October 23-24 1954.
[lbs1] "Catalogue rétroactif 1954 (Cas Vosgiens)", catalogue by François Diolez, in the ufology bulletin La Ligne Bleue Survolée?, of the Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans la Nuit (CVLDLN), France, #12, 1984.
[lbs2] List of the cases in the Vosges deparment in the ufology bulletin La ligne Bleue Survolée?, of the Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans la Nuit (CVLDLN), France, #14, 1985.
[cnu1] "Catalogue Rétroactif 1954 des Cas Vosgiens", article by the ufology group CNEGU, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #263-264, page 42, May/June 1986.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	August 16, 2007	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 7, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 18, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet. Probable meteor."
1.2	Patrick Gross	June 10, 2022	Additions [lbs1], [lbs2]. In the Summary, "In 1986, the CNEGU" changed to "In 1984, the Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans La Nuit".

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