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August 11, 1954, Remiremont, Vosges:

Reference for this case: 11-Aug-54-Remiremont.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The French ufologist Jacques Vallée indicated in his 1966 book "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace" that on August 11, 1954, there had already been four sightings, including one in Remiremont.

He gave neither source nor details.

Reports:

[Ref. jve1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Jacques Vallée indicates that on August 11, 1954, there were already four sightings including one in Remiremont.

[Ref. jve2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Vallée says that on August 11, 1954, there had been already four sightings, including one in Remiremont.

[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:

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

[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 11 August 1954 at 03:00 in Remiremont, France, "Compass deflection case. Compasses spin, all types of electromagnetic effects in three separate towns."

And: "At three o'clock in the morning a compass started spinning wildly and other types of EM effects occurred in Remiremont, France and two other towns when at least one UFO briefly flew over."

And: "Objects were observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. More than one object was observed by numerous witnesses in a pasture briefly."

The sources are indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Lumieres dans la Nuit, Lumieres dans la Nuit; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded this case twice:

Explanations:

As opposed to what is claimed in [djn1], Vallée does not indicate any source.

The story of the spinning compass is obviously another case.

It is possible that Vallée gave a false date and that it is the case of August 8, 1954 in Remiremont, probably a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Remiremont, Vosges, compass, effects

Sources:

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

• [jve1] "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Janine Vallée, La Table Ronde publishers, France, 1966.
• [jve2] "Flying Saucers - A Challenge to Science", book by Jacques Vallée, Ace Star Books - Henry Regnery publishers, USA, page 150, 1966.
• [jve1] "Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma?", book by Jacques and Janine Vallée, Henry Regnery publisher, USA, page 58, 1966.
• [jve1] "Flying Saucers a Challenge To Science", book by Jacques Vallée and Janine Vallée, Ace Books publishers, USA, page 150, 1966.
• [jve1] "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Janine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 162, 1978.
• [lgs1] "UFOs: A History - 1954 June-August", monography by Loren Gross, USA, page 85, 1990.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [djn1] "On This Day", written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D., compiled from the UFOCAT 2003 computer database, USA, www.ufocat.com.
• [uda1] "11 Aug 1954 - Remiremont, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf0/020510.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

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