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April 15, 1954, Saint-Mexant, Corrèze:

Reference for this case: 15-apr-54-Saint-Mexant.
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Summary:

In the national newspaper Le Figaro fpr April 18, 1954, it was noted that on April 15, 1954, two residents of Saint-Mexant, in the Corrèze department, had observed "an elongated object in the form of a cone with two red and green lights at its base, flying at high altitude from northwest to southwest."

Reports:

[Ref. lfo1:] NEWSPAPER "LE FIGARO":

[Ref. cia1:] CIA:

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. jgu1:] JIMMY GUIEU:

Jimmy Guieu indicates that 24 hours after May 15, 1954, at 16:30, two residents of Saint-Mexant in the Corrèze saw a lengthened craft in the shape of a cone an of apparent length of 60 centimeters at arm's length, of a light gray metallic color, which moved at high altitude "in the direction North-West, South-West". At its base one distinguished "two lights red and green".

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

[Ref. fgd1:] LAWRENCE FAWCETT AND BARRY GREENWOD:

The authors say that the CIA collected many sightings through normal intelligence channels, something which they had supposedly fought to block with the Robertson Panel inquiry, and it included this one:

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

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Corrèze in St Mexant on April 15, 1954 at 16:30 hours, "Two witnesses see a lengthened craft in the form of a cone of an apparent size of 60 centimetres, of light gray, metal color. It moved at high altitude Western direction. At its base one could distinguish two red and green lights. (Gieu [sic, Guieu] gives the date of May 17, 1954)".

The sources are indicated as "Black-out sur les Soucoupes volantes by Guieu Jimmy ** Fleuve Noir 1956 omnium 1977" and my website as "Les OVNI vus de près by Gross Patrick ** http://ufologie.net".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 16 May 1954 at 16:30 in "St Mexan", France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by two witnesses."

The source is indicated as "Guieu, Jimmy, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Citadel, New York, 1956".

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

This database recorded the case 5 times:

Explanations:

Possible airplane or helicopter.

Keywords:

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

Saint-Mexant, Corrèze, elongated, cone, lights, green, red, altitude, multiple.

Sources:

• [lfo1] "Objets volants non identifiés au-dessus de Saint Mexant?", article in the national newspaper Le Figaro, Paris France, April 18, 1954.
• [cia1] "Information from foreign documents or Radio Broadcast - Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 31 July - 20 September 1954", report by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, USA), Report N. 00-W-30797, pages 1,3, July 30, 1954.
• [gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, the 1950's.
• [jgu1] "Black-Out Sur Les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Fleuve Noir publisher, France, 1956.
• [jgu1] "Flying Saucers Come from Another World", book by Jimmy Guieu, English version of "Black-out Sur Les Soucoupes Volantes", Citadel Press publishers, USA, 1956.
• [jgu1] "Black-Out Sur Les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Omnium Littéraire publisher, France, page 34, 1972.
• [gep1] "Catalogue mondial des observations - Fichier OVNI GEPO Pasqualini 1954, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #16, page 13, April / May/ June 1979.
• [fgd1] "Clear Intent", book by Lawrence Fawcett and Barry Greenwood, Prentice Hall publishers, USA, 1984.
• [fgd1] "The UFO Cover-Up", book by Lawrence Fawcett and Barry Greenwood, Simon & Schuster publishers, USA, page 133, 1992.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=1&page=0&numobs=557
• [uda1] "16 May 1954 - St Mexan, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf10/uf6/106859.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

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