28 September 1954 23:10
Saint Nicolas de Redon, France
A dark object with a purple glow. Explanation: Birds.
At "La Butte Rouge" two railroad engineers, Bernard and Potraux, who were bringing a locomotive from Nantes to Auray, saw a dark object take off with a purple glow and follow them for 15 seconds before veering off. Potraux had to see a doctor. A flying disc was observed and photographed. It moved with a falling-leaf motion.One disc, about 10 feet across, was observed by one witness at an airport for over four minutes (Guyard; Martinet). One dwarf, wearing a diver's suit, was seen.
Hynek rating: CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind
Vallee rating: CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO.
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