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Reference for this case: 14-Oct-54-Aramon.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Ufologists Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon noted in their 1979 catalogue that in Aramon in the department of Gard, on October 14, 1954 at 06:00, p.m., several children saw a "rocket" of elongated form pass by while producing sparkles. Adults confirmed the sighting.
These ufologists noted that all the observations at 6 p.m. that day obviously referred to an object at very high altitude, seen simultaneously from very distant places, which was probably a large meteor according to descriptions.
Just before, that same year 1979, the "skeptical" ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker claimed to have conducted an investigation and that the phenomenon was "small very fast bright spots, very short duration."
The case was later mentioned on the Web, deprived of its explanation.
[Ref. bbr1:] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The two authors note this case of October 14, 1954:
"Aramon - 30 - About 6 p.m.: investigation. Small luminous dots very fast, very short duration."
[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Aramon in the department of Gard, on October 14, 1954 at 06:00, p.m., several children saw a "rocket" of elongated form pass by while producing sparkles. Adults confirmed the sighting.
The authors note that all the observations at 6 p.m. that day obviously refer to an object at very high altitude, seen simultaneously from very distant places, which is probably a large meteor according to descriptions.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4111: 1954/10/14 18:00 1 4:40:40 E 43:52:40 N 3333 WEU FRN GRD 5:9
ARAMON,GARD:4 TEENS+ADULTS:FLYING CIGAR EMITS SPARKS LIKE A FUSE:
Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 166 : MOUNTAINS
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Gard in Aramon on October 14, 1954, at 06:00 p.m. "Four young people saw a flying cigar 'like an elongated and shining rocket that dropped sparkles in its wake'. Adults confirmed this observation."
The source is noted: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541014 | 14.10.1954 | Aramon | France | 18.00 | NL |
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The 06:15 p.m. meteor that day.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Aramon, Gard, multiple, cigar, elongated, shining, rocket, sparks, trail
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | January 16, 2006 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 8, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 25, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | April 17, 2019 | Additions [lhh1], Summary. |
