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October 17, 1954, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Allier:

Reference for this case: 17-Oct-54-Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.
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Summary:

A catalog published in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit in October 1973 indicates that the newspaper Centre-Matin for October 19, 1954, had reported one - or two - observations in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule that occurred at the dawn of October 17, 1954:

"Three little luminous balls were seen before sunrise."

And:

"The witness busy milking his cows saw a large, gloomy, indistinct, elongated form appear at a low altitude, which swept across the sky, causing panic among the animals, shaving the trees, and the cows refused to give the milk that day."

Reports:

[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":

October 17 (Centre Matin for 10/19) Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule at dawn.

Three small, luminous balls were seen before sunrise.

The witness busy milking his cows saw a large, gloomy, indistinct, elongated form appear at a low altitude, which swept across the sky, causing panic among the animals, shaving the trees. The cows refused to give the milk that day.

[Ref. ous1] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":

17/10/1954 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (Aube).

Three small luminous balls were observed in themorning just before sunrise. (Centre Matin for 10/19/1954).

Explanations:

The report is quite unclear and poor - was this one or two reports? Actually, the second part in [ldl1] is likely the sighting in Domérat on October 11, 1954.

I have no ordinary explanation for this, but this is because the report is too sparse.

Keywords:

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

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Allier, dawn, three, small, ball, luminous, cows, low, large, form, glowing, reddish, blur, elongated, fast, panic, animals

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Centre-Matin, France, October 19, 1954.
[ldl1] "Les Archives de 1954 pour l'Allier", catalogue in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #128, page 17, October 1973.
[ous1] "Dossier 'Allier'", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série N° 7, page 3, 2^nd quarter 1976.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 21, 2018	First published.

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