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October 15, 1954, Bordeaux, Gironde:

Reference for this case: 15-Oct-54-Bordeaux.
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Summary:

According to a catalog written by the C.F.R.U. published in the ufology magazine Ouranos, New Series #9, in the 4^th quarter of 1973, on October 15, 1954, at 9 p.m. in Bordeaux, Mr. HPC, near the court Albret, saw an orange-red flame turn into a white luminous dot moving horizontally at a brisk pace. It had lasted a few seconds.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

October 15 9 p.m. Bordeaux HA V1

Witness: Mr. H. P. C. near the Albret course. Orange-red flame turning into a white luminous dot moving horizontally at a brisk pace. Duration: a few seconds.

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

OCTOBER 15, 1954 9:00 p.m. Bordeaux HA/V 1

Witness: Mr. HP. C. near LE COURS D'ALBERT. Orange-red flame changing into a white dot of light moving at high speed. Duration: a few seconds.

(S.O. October 18, 1954)

Note: "HA" stands for "High Altitude"; "V 1" means "bad observation", a report for which it is difficult to rule out a misinterpretation.

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

The two authors indicate that in Bordeaux in the Gironde, October 15, 1954, at 09:00 p.m., there was an observation of an orange red flame being transformed into a white luminous point moving horizontally with sharp pace.

The authors indicate that the source is their own LDLN archive.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

October 15, 1954 at 21:00 hours, "Observation of an orange red flame transforming itself to a white luminous point moving horizontally at sharp pace."

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

Explanations:

Possible meteor or jet plane.

Keywords:

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

Bordeaux, Gironde, night, flame, red, orange, white, light, horizontal, fast

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 18, 1954.
[ous1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde - Résumé des Archives et dossiers de la section de Bordeaux du C.F.R.U.", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #9, page 22, 4^th quarter 1973.
[ufa1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde (I)", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Ufologia, ufology group C.F.R.U., France, #1, page 10, November / December 1975.
[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 171, 1979.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=1035

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	September 2, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 24, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 15, 2014	Explanation changed from "Not looked for yet" to "Possible meteor or jet plane".
1.2	Patrick Gross	December 24, 2018	Addition [ous1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	June 7, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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