The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: Beg-Oct-54-Caderonne.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The national newspaper Combat of October 16, 1954, reported that Mr. Chavignier, an owner from Caderonne, a place on the commune of Eperaza in the Aude department, had seen at the top of the Maureille hill a large luminous disc leaving an orange and red trail.
The newspaper stated that "the craft drew a few loops at a speed that seemed dizzying to the witness, then headed toward Quillan. The luminous trail remained visible for more than two minutes."
[Ref. cot1:] NEWSPAPER "COMBAT":
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CASABLANCA. -- An engineer from Meknès, who was driving to Port Lyautey, reported being stopped on the road, in the Mamora forest, by a man dressed in a shiny suit. This man, who was about 1.2 meters tall, then walked toward a craft parked on the right side of the road. As soon as he got inside, the craft took off and disappeared at high speed.
LYON. -- Mr. Jean Mortain, living in Lyon, avenue du Château, claims to have seen, on the Saint-Priest road, two "objects" glowing incandescent green, shaped like discs, heading toward the Bron airport.
After executing a curved trajectory, the two objects disappeared at extremely high speed.
TOULOUSE. -- Mr. Roger Ramond, municipal councilor in Vielmur-sur-Agout (Tarn), reported seeing at 11:30 p.m. a craft shaped like an elongated balloon, 2 to 3 meters in length and 1 to 1.5 meters in height, orange in color. The light emitted by this object clearly illuminated, within a 20-meter radius, the surrounding vineyard stumps. The sighting lasted until 2:15 a.m., then the object rose slowly in a vertical motion to about twenty meters above the ground and finally vanished like a flash without leaving a trail.
LIMOUX. -- A landowner from Caderonne, in the commune of Eperaza (Aude), Mr. Chavignier, saw a large luminous disc at the top of the Maureille hill, leaving behind an orange and red trail. The craft made several loops at a speed that seemed dizzying to the witness, then headed toward Quillan. The luminous trail remained visible for more than two minutes.
Caderonne is a location near the city of Espéraza, in the Aude department:
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"...made several loops at a speed that seemed dizzying..." This rules out a meteor, despite the mention of a trail. Perhaps it was a jet aircraft; the time is not given, nor is the presence or absence of noise indicated. The reddish-orange color of the trail may be due to a setting or rising sun lighting it from below.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Caderonne, Aude, Chavignier, loops, fast, red, orange, trail
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