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 and no source reference - 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:
|
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 |
|
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, [ubk1]. |
| 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]. |
