The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 1213-Oct-54-Cortevaix.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the revised 1966 version of his book "Mystérieux Objets Célestes" of 1958, Aimé Michel reported without any detail nor source a sighting that would be part of an "alignment" of sightings, at Cortevaix, on October 13, 1954.
It seems that Jacques Vallée gave the date of a Cortevaix sighting as October 12, 1954 and the hour as 06:30 p.m.
A US website citing Vallée tells: "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness."
[Ref. aml3:] AIME MICHEL:
[...] the line joining two other observations of that day [October 13, 1954]: Cortevaix, 70 kilometers to the northwest, and Romans, 10 kilometers south-south-east. This is the only alignment that can be seen that day.
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
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October 13 [, 1954]
[... other cases...]
? [=unknown hour]: Cortevaix(Saône-et-loire):lumin.obj.
[... other cases...]
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
12 October 1954 18:30
Cortevaix, Bourgogne, France
An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness.
Hynek rating: NL
Vallee rating: FB1
The source is noted as "Vallee, Jacques Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)".
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
This database recorded the case twice instead of once:
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541012 | 12.10.1954 | Cortevaix | France | 18.30 | NL | |||||
| 19541013 | 13.10.1954 | Cortevaix | France |
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Totally insufficient information, no strangeness.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Cortevaix, Saône-et-Loire, night, luminous, unique
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 21, 2017 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | May 2, 2019 | Additions [aml3], [uda1], Summary. Day changed from "12" to "12 or 13". Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | May 9, 2022 | Additions [gqy1]. |
