September 6, 1944🇫🇷Sighting
Historical
Brest, Brittany: Rectangular object observed over front lines
Sergeant Ness and a colleague witnessed a large rectangular craft resembling a railroad car traveling at approximately 90 mph over Allied positions near Brest, France, briefly passing in front of the moon.
Background
Incident Details During late August 1944, Sergeant Ness and another soldier from the mine-laying platoon of the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division observed an unusual aerial object near Brest, Brittany, France. The craft exhibited a distinctive rectangular configuration resembling a railroad boxcar.
Physical Characteristics The object demonstrated no visible propulsion mechanism while maintaining steady forward motion at approximately 90 miles per hour. During the sighting, the craft passed directly in front of the moon, briefly obscuring the lunar disk from the witnesses' perspective.
Trajectory and Context The object traversed the front lines and continued outward toward the sea. This sighting occurred during a period when Allied military command was establishing formal intelligence protocols to investigate anomalous aerial phenomena, including the Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (CIOS) established on August 17, 1944.
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