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October 14, 1954, Gourdon, Alpes-Maritimes:

Reference for this case: 14-Oct-54-Gourdon.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The regional newspaper Nice Matin for October 16, 1954, reported that a flying saucer had been observed in the sky of the Midi at the same time from different places, including Gourdon.

Reports:

[Ref. nmn1:] NEWSPAPER "NICE-MATIN":

And here are the "flying saucers" in the sky of Midi!...

[...]

Almost at the same time, a similar machine (the same one undoubtedly) was seen above Grasse, Saint Raphael, Opio, Gourdon, Bar-sur-Loup and Roquebrune-Cape-Martin.

[...]

[Ref. jgu1:] JIMMY GUIEU:

The author indicates that the flying saucer that landed close to Biot on October 14, 1954 at 18:15 was seen furrowing the skies by a crowd of people, in Gourdon, among other places.

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

The two authors indicate that on October 14, 1954, shortly after 06:15 p.m., in Gourdon in the department of the Alpes-Maritime, an object was observed in the sky.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Alpes Maritime in Gourdon on October 14, 1954 at an unknown hour "Little after eighteen hour fifteen observation of an object in the sky."

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

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 14 October 1954 at 18:15, in Gourdon, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by several witnesses."

The website indicates that the source is Guieu, Jimmy, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Citadel, New York, 1956.

[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		Gourdon	France	18.15	NL

Explanations:

Probably the meteor that day at 06:13 p.m.

Keywords:

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

Gourdon, Alpes-Maritimes

Sources:

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

[nmn1] Article in the regional newspaper Nice Matin, Nice, France, October 16, 1954.
[jgu1] "Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Fleuve Noir publisher, France, page 219, 1956.
[jgu1] "Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Omnium Littéraire publisher, France, page 219, 1969.
[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 161, 1979.
[uda1] "14 Oct 1954 - Gourdon, France", web page at the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf10/uf6/106962.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	January 16, 2006	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 30, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [nmn1], [jgu1], [lcn1], [uda1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	February 23, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	July 16, 2019	Addition of the Summary.

This page was last updated on July 16, 2019.