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UFO. Germany

ID	#1632324597
Added	Wed, 22/09/2021
Author	July N.
Sources	noufors.com The Chicago Daily Tribune
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

1883

Location:

Зегеберг

Germany

Chicago, Illinois, DAILY TRIBUNE, October 6, 1952, p.

BONN, Germany, October 5. (Reuters). According to Wilhelm Blank from Hamburg, flying saucers were seen more than 50 years ago.

"All the children and the teacher of our primary school near Segeberg saw two of them on a sunny day in 1883 or 1884," he said in a letter to the West German weekly.

"They were two fireballs the size of the full moon, which conveniently traveled side by side from north to south. Finally, they disappeared on the horizon. Flying saucers are not new, " he added.

Original news

Chicago, Illinois, DAILY TRIBUNE, 6 October 1952, page

SAW 2 'SAUCERS' 50 YEARS AGO, GERMAN CLAIMS

BONN, Germany, Oct. 5 (Reuters) - Flying saucers were seen more than 50 years ago, according to Wilhelm Blunk of Hamburg.

"All children and the teacher of our elementary school near Segeberg saw two of them on a sunny day in 1883 or 1884," he said in a letter to a West German weekly magazine.

"They were two fiery balls about the size of full moons and traveled comfortably side by side from north to south. Finally, they disappeared on the horizon. Flying saucers are nothing new," he added.

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