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October 10, 1954, Saint-Macaire, Gironde:

Reference for this case: 10-Oct-54-Saint-Macaire.
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Summary:

A general catalog of the observations of the Gironde by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U. published in the UFO magazine Ouranos, France, New Series #9, in the 4^th quarter of 1973, reported that according to the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 13, 1954, there was a sighting on October 10, 1954, in the evening, in Saint-Macaire.

Misses Faure and Dejean, and a Mr. Doucet, on the terrace of the castle of Tardes, reportedly saw three round objects, giving off a silvery white glow, heading towards Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

October 10, 1954 Evening St-Macaire V2 Axe 2

Witnesses: Misses Faure and Dejean, Mr. Doucet, on the terrace of the Tardes castle. 3 round objects, giving off a silvery white glow heading towards St-Pierre-d'Aurillac.

S.O. Oct. 13, 54

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

10 OCTOBER 1954 Evening St-Macaire V 2

Witnesses: Misses. FAURE and DEJEAN, Mr. DOUCET at the Château de TARDES. 3 round Objects, silver-white glow, going towards St-P.d'Aurillac.

(S.O. October 13, 1954)

Note: "V 2" stands for "bad observation", a report for which it is difficult to rule out a misinterpretation.

[Ref. fru1] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that in Saint-Macaire in the Gironde, on October 10, 1954 in the evening, three round objects were seen. They produced a white-silvery gleam.

The authors indicate that the source is Sud-Ouest, October 13, 1954.

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

4000: 1954/10/07 02:00 1 0:31:20 W 45:16:20 N 3333 WEU FRN GRN 8:7

MARCILLAC de BLAYE,FR:FUNNEL-SHAPE UFO NE>>SW/70M ALT::8OCT CASSEROLE-UFO VU

RefN° 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 133 : FARMLANDS

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Gironde in St Macaire on October 10, 1954 at an unknown hour, "In evening, three round objects are seen releasing a silver gleam, white-silver more exactly."

The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".

Explanations:

Possible planes.

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Saint-Macaire, Gironde, Faure, Dejean, Doucet, château de Tarbes, round, three, evening, gleam, white, silver

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 13, 1954.
[ous1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde - Résumé des Archives et dossiers de la section de Bordeaux du C.F.R.U.", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #9, page 22, 4^th quarter 1973.
[ufa1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde (I)", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Ufologia, ufology group C.F.R.U., France, #1, page 9, November / December 1975.
[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 145, 1979.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=882

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	October 1, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 18, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 28, 2011	A search on the web and in my documentation did not reveal other sources. In "Explanations", addition of "Possible planes".
1.2	Patrick Gross	December 26, 2018	Addition [ous1], Summary.
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 25, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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