The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 15-Nov-54-Braux.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In 1982, the ufology group ADRUP, of Dijon, published a catalog of all flying saucer sighting reports published in the daily newspaper of Dijon Le Bien Public.
An article dated November 15, 1954 of this journal is reproduced, indicating that in the night "of one of these last days, at about 2 o'clock in the morning, a farmer from Braux, Mr. Lucien Badin, having gone out to cure a cow saw in the sky a luminous disk 3 or 4 meters in diameter, which remained motionless for 3 or 4 seconds, then accelerated, passed at a low altitude and an extraordinary speed, above Braux, towards the north, illuminating the whole village in a sharp pink gleam. The witness, frightened, instinctively lowered his head." The newspaper added that "this witness is trustworthy."
I found an article the regional newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine, of Dijon too, on page 5 for November 16, 1954, reporting exactly the same information.
[Ref. lbr1:] NEWSPAPER "LA BOURGOGNE REPUBLICAINE":
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Braux(from our Correspondent.). -- In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, around 2 a.m., a farmer from Braux, Mr. Lucien Badin, having got up to take care of a cow, saw in the sky a luminous disc 3 or 4 meters in diameter.
This disc remained motionless for three or four seconds, then disappeared at an extraordinary speed in a northerly direction, suddenly lighting up the whole village. The witness instinctively lowered his head...
Let us add that this person is trustworthy.
[Ref. via1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
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WHY 1954?
The French flap of 1954 is today more than controversial.
Thus, A.D.R.U.P. wanted to make a compilation of all the documents published in a Burgundy daily newspaper:
"Le Bien Public".
The interest of this catalogue is triple:
[... Other case...]
MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 A CRAFT FLIES LOW ABOVE BRAUX
In the night of one of these last days, at about 2 o'clock in the morning, a farmer of Braux, Mr. Lucien Badin, having stood up to take care of a cow, saw in the sky a luminous disc of 3 or 4 meters of diameter. The disc stayed motionless for 3 or 4 seconds, then accelerating, passed at low altitude and at an extraordinary speed, above Braux, direction north, lighting of a sharp and pink gleam the entire village. The witness, frightened, instinctively lowered his head. Let's add that this witness is trustworthy.
[... Other case...]
[Ref. via2:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
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54 11 00 / BRAUX / 2H / LN / P /
A farmer saw in the sky a luminous disk 3 to 4 m in diameter. The disc passed at low altitude and at an extraordinary speed. Then it went away, lighting the whole village with a rosy glow.
(Source: Bien public, 11/15/54)
[Ref. via3:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
This magazine listed this case:
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54 11 00 2H LN Braux |
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
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| 19541115 | 15.11.1954 | Braux | France | 02.00 | NL |
[This database mistook the date of the sighting and the date when it was first reported.]
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This looks just like a meteor sighting.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Braux, Côte-d'Or, night, farmer, Lucien Badin, disc, luminous, motionless, acceleration, low, fast, direction, glow, pink
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | December 1, 2016 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | December 11, 2018 | Additions [via1], [via2]. Date changed from "November 15, 1954" to "Beginning of November, 1954". Explanation changed, was "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | February 26, 2021 | Addition [lbr1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [lbr1]. |
