The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 17-sep-54-Gelles.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Many newspapers had succinctly reported that a resident of Gelles in the Puy-de-Dome, "Mrs. Wid [widow] Melles" had "claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous craft of elongated shape 'in the style of a cigar'. The craft was moving noiselessly."
The case was dated September 24, 1954 "in the early hours of the night" by ufologist Aimé Michel, referring to the newspaper France-Soir for September 26, 1954. This was copied by many others, as Michel made it one of the spot of observations of his famous "BAVIC line" of September 24, 1954, a straight line on which he assured that six observations had taken place that day.
But in 1976, ufologist Michel Jeantheau echcked into the date of this observation and found the article used by Aimé Michel, actually he thought Le Parisien Libéré for September 27, 1954; which did not give a date to the sighting. He then found the date in the regional newspaper La Montagne for September 24, 1954, page 3, of which he quoted the beginning:
"Friday, September 17, around 07:15 p.m., Mrs. Widow Mellée, of Gelles, canton of Rochefort-Montagne, took the fresh air near her villa, when she saw in the sky", etc.
He added that other witnesses were mentioned, including Mrs. Mellée's neighbors, the Estrades and the Gannes.
Actually, the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La nuit #125 in May 1973 had found the case in Gelles at 19:30 on September 17, 1954, but not having understood that it was the same case, also noted Aimé Michel's version of September 24, 1954.
Despite Michel Jeantheau's clarification, others would continue to misdate the case in articles about the "BAVIC" line, and nobody notices it might have been the jet contrail in the sunset sometimes mistaken for a "flying cigar" at the same hour in Clermont-Ferrand, 24 km East of Gelles.
In 2020, I found an article on this observation in the Catholic weekly newspaper of this region, Le Semeur, for October 3, 1954. It gave the precise date of Friday, September 17, 1954, and the hour as 07:15 p.m.
It was reported that Mrs. Mellé (and not "Melle"), widow, of Gelles, was taking the cool air near her villa, when she saw in the sky a luminous cigar-shaped craft, which produced neither noise nor smoke "and could not be an airplane or a fireball."
Mrs. Mellé had alerted her neighbors, Mrs. Estrade, Mrs. Louis Ganne, Mrs. and Mr. Paul Ganne, who also saw the mysterious orange-yellow craft moving slowly in the South to North direction.
These people watched the craft for about five minutes. The newspaper added that their statements "are very reliable and cannot be doubted."
[Ref. lml1:] NEWSPAPER "LE MERIDIONAL":
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CLERMONT-FERRAND. -- Six inhabitants of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white gleam moving in the sky in direction of the South.
A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dome), Mrs. Vve Melles, claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous machine of elongated form "in the kind of a cigar". The machine moved without noise.
A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms: he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly colored in pink".
Rugby players training at the Vichy stadium saw a "flying cigar".
... and near La Rochelle
LA ROCHELLE. -- In Charron (Charente-Maritime) three fishermen and a customs officer state to have seen, during one of these last nights, a formation of flying saucers evolving very low and flying over the shore before disappearing.
[Ref. nnm1:] NEWSPAPER "LE NOUVEAU NORD MARITIME":
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Bayonne, 25. -- Bayonne residents claim to have seen Friday afternoon, very high in the sky, in a northeast direction, three mysterious light-colored objects sharp against the pure sky at that hour.
A peacekeeper, Mr. Carrions, who was in the hall area, observed these three motionless craft, arranged in a triangle, of slightly oval shape. They were, he said, the size of a rugby ball and appeared to be at a considerable height.
Passers-by said they saw the same bright objects in other places.
Nancy, 25. -- Several dozen "Sidelor" workers living in the Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches region (M. et M.), claim to have seen six flying cigars in the sky between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m..
"We first saw, they said, two" cigars ", then later four other craft came to join the first two. All remained motionless for a moment and finally disappeared instantly. These statements are confirmed by several other people... and an isolated one.
Le Puy, 25. -- Mrs. Chaumard, living in the Girette district in Le Puy, saw in the sky a craft having a shape like a cigar glowing at one end, silent and appearing motionless, she could observe the craft for almost a quarter of an hour, then the "cigar" suddenly disappeared while gaining altitude.
Clermont-Ferrand, 25. -- Six residents of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white glow move in the sky in direction South.
A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dôme), Mrs. widow Melle, claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous craft of a shape "like a cigar". The craft moved silently.
A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms: he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly colored in pink".
La Rochelle, 23. - In Charron (Charente-Maritime), three fishermen and a customs officer declare having seen during a of these last nights, a formation of flying saucers moving very low and flying over the shore, before disappearing.
[Ref. cdn1:] NEWSPAPER "LA CROIX DU NORD":
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Six residents of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white gleam move in the sky towards the south.
A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dôme) said she saw in the sky a luminous craft of elongated shape "like that of a cigar." The craft moved silently.
A resident of Clermont-Ferrand picked mushrooms: he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly colored in pink."
Rugby players in training at the Vichy Stadium, saw a "flying cigar".
[Ref. mle1:] NEWSPAPER "LE MIDI LIBRE":
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of a rugby ball and appeared to be at a considerable height."
In the Meurthe-and-Moselle, several tens of workmen of "Sidelor", living the area of Lantefontaine-les-Baroches (M.-and-M.). claim to have seen six flying cigars between 04:30 and 05:00 in the sky .
"We initially saw, they said, two "cigars", then afterwards, four other craft came to join the two first. All remained motionless one moment for finally disappearing instantaneously."
In Le Puy, Mrs. Chaumard, resident of the district of La Girète, saw in the sky a machine having the shape of a cigar reddish glowing at an end, silent and appearing motionless. She managed to observe the machine during nearly a quarter of hour, then the "cigar" suddenly disappeared by taking altitude.
The same observations were made by six inhabitants of Langeac (Haute-Loire) and several inhabitants of Gelles (Puy-de-Dome) or Clermont-Ferrand.
In this area, rugby players training at the Vichy stadium saw a "flying cigar".
From Villefranche-of-Rouergue in Aveyron, it is reported that an owner of Vabre-Tézac, Mr. Marre, saw a yellowish mass of color which moved away towards the south, without leaving behind any trace of smoke.
The attention of Mr. Marre had been drawn by the noise of an engine.
Other inhabitants of the locality also heard, from the inside of their house, the same noise, but not having come out, they did not see the weird "mass."
[Ref. ner1:] NEWSPAPER "NORD-ECLAIR":
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Saucers and cigars now crisscross the sky in formation! At least that's what fishermen from La Rochelle and residents of Bayonne say.
The first declared to have seen, during one of these last nights, a "formation" of flying saucers evolving very low and flying over the village before disappearing.
The second claimed to have seen, Friday afternoon, very high in the sky, in a northeast direction, three mysterious objects, clear in color, sharp on the pure sky at that hour.
A peacekeeper, Mr. Corrions, who was in the Halles district, observed these three immobile craft, arranged in a triangle, of slightly oval shape. They were, he said, the size of a rugby ball and appeared to be at a considerable height.
Passers-by said they saw the same bright objects in other places.
In Auvergne, testimonies are pouring in from all sides.
Six residents of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white glow moving in the sky towards the south.
A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dôme), Mrs. widow Melle, claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous craft of an elongated shape "like a cigar". The machine moved silently. A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms: he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly colored in pink".
In addition, several dozen of "Sidelor" workers living in the Lantéfontaine-les-Baroches region (M.-et-M.) claim to have seen six flying cigars in the sky between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., Friday.
"We first saw, they said, two "cigars", then after that four other craft came to join the first two. All of them stayed for a moment perfectly still and finally disappeared instantly. These statements are confirmed by several other people.
[Ref. nll1:] NEWSPAPER "NORD LITTORAL":
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Clermont-Ferrand, September 25. -- Six residents of Langeac (Haute-Loire) saw a white glow moving in the sky towards the South.
A resident of Gelles (Puy-de-Dôme), Mrs. widow Melles, claimed to have seen in the sky a luminous craft of shape lying "like a cigar." The craft moved silently.
A resident of Clermont-Ferrand was picking mushrooms; he saw in the sky, at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly colored in pink."
Rugby players in training at the Vichy Stadium spotted a "flying cigar."
[Ref. vmr1:] NEWSPAPER "VAR-MATIN - REPUBLIQUE":
Bayonne, September 25. -- Residents of Bayonne claim to have seen, this afternoon, very high in the sky, in the north-eastern direction, three mysterious objects of light color, constrasting on the pure sky at this hour there.
A policeman, Mr. Carrions, who was in the district of the Halles, observed these three motionless machines, laid out in triangle, of slightly oval shape. They had, he said, the dimension of a rugby ball and appeared to be at a considerable height.
Passers by stated to have seen the same luminous objects in other places.
In the Meurthe et Moselle
Several tens of workmen of "Sidelor" living the area of Lantefontaine-les-Baroches (Meurthe et Moselle) claim to have seen in the sky, six flying cigars, between 04:30 and 05:30. "We initially saw, they stated, two "cigars" then four other apparatuses came to join the two first. All remained perfectly motionless one moment to finally disappear instantaneously." These statements are confirmed by several other people.
In Le Puy
Mrs Chaumard, living in the La Girette district in Le Puy, saw in the sky, a machine having the shape of a cigar, reddish at an end. Silent and appearing motionless, she managed to observe the machine during nearly a quarter of an hour, then the "cigar" suddenly disappeared by taking altitude.
In the sky of the Auvergne
Clermont Ferrand. -- Six residents of Langeac (the Haute Loire) saw a white gleam moving in the sky in direction of the ground.
A resident of Gelles (the Puy de Dôme), Mrs widow Melles claimes to have seen in the sky, a luminous machine of lengthened form "of the cigar kind". The craft moved silently. A resident of Clermont Ferrand gathered mushrooms: he saw in the sky at high altitude, a luminous trail "slightly pink colored".
Rugby players, training in the Vichy stadium, saw a flying cigar.
Near La Rochelle
La Rochelle. -- At La Charron - (the Charente Maritime), three fishermen and a customs observer state to have seen, during one of these last nights, a formation of flying saucers moving very low and flying over the shore, before disappearing.
[Ref. lsr1:] "LE SEMEUR" NEWSPAPER:
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FLYING SAUCER, FLYING CIGAR? - Friday the 17th, around 7:15 p.m., Mrs widow Mellé, from Gelles, was taking the cool near her villa, when she saw in the sky a luminous craft shaped like a cigar.
It was neither making noise nor producing smoke and could not be an airplane or a fireball.
Mrs. Mellé alerted her neighbors, Mrs. Estrade, Mrs. Louis Ganne, Mrs. and Mr. Paul Ganne, who also saw the mysterious craft, orange-yellow, moving slowly in the direction S-N.
These people followed the craft with their eyes for about five minutes. Their statements are very reliable and cannot be doubted.
[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel report that on September 24, 1954 there was an observation by a large number of witnesses in Gelles in the Puy-de-Dôme.
He indicates that at the first hours of the night, the witnesses saw a luminous machine "in the shape of a cigar" which crossed the sky at a rather sharp pace and without noise.
Aimé Michel indicates that the case is briefly reported in the newspaper "France-Soir" for September 26, 1954.
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
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September 24 [1954]
start of night: Gelles (Puy-de-Dôme): luminous cigar
[Ref. gqy2:] GUY QUINCY:
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September 17 [, 1954]
[... Other cases...]
07:15 p.m.: Above the Puy-de-Dôme (Puy-de-Dôme): cloud cigar, oblique
[... Other cases...]
[Ref. jve1:] JACQUES VALLEE:
Among the alignments Michel thought he had succeeded in tracing, one in particular catches the attention at first glance. We will take it as an example.
For the single day of September 24, 1954, the French press reported the following sightings, here listed with their classifications: Lantefontaine [Actually Sep. 23], Type IV; Le Puy [Actually Sep. 23], Type IV; Langeac [Actually Sep. 22], Type IV; Tulle [Actually Sep. 22], Type IV; Ussel [Actually Sep. 20], Type I; Gelles [Actually Sep. 17], Type IV; Vichy [exact day not known], Type IV; Lencouacq [Actually Sep. 23], Type I; Bayonne [Actually Sep. 23], Type III.
At least half these eyewitness accounts would be rejected if studied within the limits of the usual official criteria. The Type IV sightings in particular could be judged insufficiently documented. Moreover, the phenomena reported at Tulle and Lencouacq were seen by only one witness. The Gelles sighting was of a "luminous cigar-shaped machine crossing the sky at a quite high speed and without sound." Must we immediately exclude it as being a meteor?
It is clear that the problem is one of method. To reject a measurement made on a known and reproducible physical phenomenon is certainly permissible when a new measurement may improve the accuracy; but to reject a piece of testimony concerning an unknown phenomenon deprives us of a certain quantity of information about the phenomenon and implies that the lost quantity is negligible. But how can we tell whether it really is negligible, since the phenomenon is unknown?
What Michel does is this. He draws a straight line from Bayonne to Vichy (see Figure 12.) This line passes through Lencouacq, Tulle, Ussel and Gelles; of the nine groups of sightings, six are along one and the same straight line. Tracing the straight line from Le Puy to Tulle, we see that it passes through Langeac, No single standard phenomenon (release of a balloon, aircraft flight, etc.) will account for this arrangement. To convince ourselves of this, it is enough to look at the times. The Bayonne and Vichy sightings are dated some time in the afternoon. The Lencouacq sighting falls four hours later. The Gelles sighting is at the beginning of the night. The one at Ussel is still later, and the Tulle case is at 11 P.M. Furthermore, the Bayonne sighting involves a triple object, whereas the other reports speak of single phenomena.
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[Ref. jve6:] JACQUES VALLEE:
Jacques Vallée indicates that for the day of September 24, 1954, the French Press mentioned a number of sightings, including one in Gelles, in the Puy-de-Dôme, in the beginning of the night, of a "single phenomenon".
Jacques Vallée indicates that the observation was of type "IV"; which he defines as an observation where an "abnormal object" was seen in translation movement in the atmosphere, whatever accelerations, luminous variations or rotations this movement would be associated to.
He notes that the observations of the type IV "could be considered insufficient", that half of testimonies of that day "would be rejected within the framework of an official investigation operating on the usual criteria".
He notes that the observation of Gelles was of a "luminous craft in form of a 'cigar' which crosses the sky at rather sharp pace and without noise" and asks if it should "be excluded 'immediately' as a meteor?", and comments on that he cannot answer.
[Ref. fsy1:] FRANK B. SALISBURY:
2. Gelles, early night: The witnesses saw a luminous, cigar-shaped object cross the sky at fairly high speed and without noise.
[Ref. fsc1:] FRANCIS SCHAEFFER:
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Francis SCHAEFER.
ORTHOTENICAL STUDY OF "BRUTUS"
On September 24, 1954, six observations of Spacecraft of Undetermined Origin were found on a 485 kilometers long single line, a line connecting Bayonne and Vichy via Lencouacq, Tulle, Ussel and Gelles; readers who have followed the research of the past years in the orthotenic branch recognize the famous "BAVIC" line which resists all the examinations of the skeptics.
[...]
[Ref. aml4:] AIME MICHEL:
This is how on September 24, 1954, there are in France (and there is only) nine observations: at Lantefontaine [Actually on the 23rd], Vichy [Actually without exact date], Gelles, Ussel [Actually on the 20th], Tulle [Actually on the 22nd], Lencouaq [Actually on the 23rd], Bayonne [Actually on the 23rd], Langeac [Actually on the 22nd], Le Puy [Actually on the 23rd]. To check this, one just needs to read "France-Soir" for the 26th, "Paris-Presse" fot the 28th, "La Croix" for the 28th, "Le Parisien Libéré" for the 27th, where these observations are recorded.
Checking four Parisian newspapers, it this so tiresome? This being done, let's search this places on a map. One finds that Vichy, Gelles, Ussel, Tulle, Lencouaq and Bayonne are on a single line that is absolutely straight, and that Le Puy and Langeac are on a line with Tulle. Only Lantefontaine is not on a line. So: a) is this true?; b) is this explainable? It is Vallée who went the deepest in the explanation. However he did let this alinement and numerous others unexplained; c) did I invent the four newspapers?; d) is it likely that local correspondents who did not know each other invented all this so that, three years later, it is discovered that they are in line on a large circle?
[Ref. pdl1:] "PHENOMENES INCONNUS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
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- Map rep. A
(I): BAVIC (Bayonne - Vichy)
"BAVIC" is an orthotenic alinement (day of 9/24/1954, map Nr 1 of "MOC" by Aimé Michel.)
[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
The magazine indicates that on September 24, 1954, in the evening, in Gelles, in the Puy-de-Dome, a luminous cigar-shaped craft has been seen by witnesses. The magazine indicates Aimé Michel as reference.
The magazine also indicates that on September 17, 1954, at 07:30 P.M., in Gelles, in the Puy-de-Dome, a luminous cigar-shaped craft slowly moved in the sky from the South towards the North, seen by Mrs. Mellée, of Estrade, and by Mr. and Mrs. Ganne.
[Ref. ioi1:] "INFO-OVNI" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
WHAT ABOUT BAVIC IN ALL THIS!
And yes, BAVIC remains! because orthoteny, more or less consciously, has finally identified with this line. For this memorable day of 09/24/1954, it remains undeniable at the challenge of all the "certainties of chance", six places of observation (Vichy, Gelles, Ussel, Tulle, Lencouacq and Bayonne) are yet perfectly alined.
Unable to refute the alignment, many researchers tried to deny any meaning to it.
[Ref. jsx2:] JACQUES SCORNEAUX:
One point in your argument about the 1954 wave, however, startled me. You write, on p. 24: "Does the BAVIC line, sole survivor of orthoteny, prove that anxiety propagates in a straight line?"
Alas! If we were able to believe for a while that BAVIC survived the general collapse of orthoteny, we must now make up our minds BAVIC has also joined the herd of lines explicable by chance alone, because from the initial six points, there are (latest news...) only three left!
At the time when I was writing my study: "Orthoteny: a disappointed great hope?", published in Inforespace #23 to 27, Pierre GUERIN had already informed me that the so-called case of USSEL had in fact taken place 7 km from the city center, located on BAVIC, and 4.3 km from the line [and October 20]: and one!
Subsequently, the Parisian ufologist M. Jeantheau, who undertook a study investigating the 1954 wave, discovered that the sighting of Bayonne had taken place on September 23 and not 24. Here is how the error occurred: the 24 is the date of publication of the local newspaper, found by Jeantheau, who published the original information, and the article specified: "yesterday, one observed..." The national dailies, which then picked up the news, and that Aimé MICHEL consulted, gave as date that of the local newspaper omitting the "yesterday": and two. Even more recently, Michel Jeantheau found that the case of TULLE was on the 22nd: and three! There are therefore 3 points left on BAVIC on September 24: Lencouacq [the 23rd and not the 24th], Gelles [the 17th], and Vichy [precise day unknown], which chance explains perfectly, since there are about fifteen observations in all that day. One can console oneself by noting that there remains all the same a mystery: by what diabolical chain of involuntary errors of dates and places was Aimé MICHEL led, in all good faith, to find an (imaginary) alignment of six points, high improbable? But the explanation of this series of coincidences that went in the same direction is a purely human phenomenon, and therefore no longer has anything ufological.
[Ref. bbr1:] GERARD BARTHEL ET JACQUES BRUCKER:
The two authors indicate that the case has nothing exceptional about it since Jacques vallée in his book "Les phénomènes insolites de l'espace" explains that considering the lack of details, the witness, Mrs. widow Melles, "could have seen anything".
[Ref. mf1:] MICHEL FIGUET:
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| DATE | PLACE | EXPLANATION |
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| 18.10.1954 | Gelles | TD - Explained by MM. Barthel and Brucker p. 137 |
[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:
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Same day ["September 24th."], Gelles(Puy-de-Dome)
The early evening of September 24th a cigar-shaped, glowing body, sped over the city of Gelles. 118.
The source "118" is said to be "Michel, Aime, Flying saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, p.76."
[Ref. pha1:] "PHENOMENA" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
It is nice to remember that it is his friend, poet Jean Cocteau, who will suggest to Aimé Michel the idea of seeking an order in the observations of the "mysterious celestial objects" that appeared during the autumn of 1954.
To begin with, Aimé Michel painstakingly pointed out on a map the observations of October 14, 1954, made between 06:30 p.m. and 07:35 p.m.. His stupefaction will be great in discovering that five points seem to align perfectly. He then resumes all the observations, and reports them, for every 24 hours, on a map. Here again, everything seems to be ordered according to lines of which the most famous, that of September 24, 1954, will be known under the name of "BAVIC line", contraction of BAyonne and VIChy, which will align no less than six observations (Bayonne [in reality on the 23rd], Lencouacq [in reality on the 23rd], Tulle [in reality on the 22nd], Ussel [in reality on the 20th], Gelles [in reality on the 17th] and Vichy) [without precise date].
[Ref. mju1:] MICHEL JEANTHEAU:
Ufologist Michel Jeantheau closely checked the date of this observation allegedly being one of the points of an alignment of sightings pled by ufologist Aimé Michel and called "the BAVIC line" for "BAyonne-VIChy."
Making research in 1976 in press, he finds the article used by Aimé Michel which is Le Parisien Libéré for September 27, 1954, which says, without indication of date:
"A resident of Gelles (Puy-of-Dome), Mrs. widows Melles, claimed to have seen a luminous machine of elongated shape "like a sort of cigar" in the sky. The machine moved without noise."
The paragraph starts with "Clermont-Ferrand, September 25", which means that the writer was in Clermont-Ferrand on September 25, 1954, therefore the observation cannot be after this date.
He finally found the date in the local newspaper "La Montagne" for September 24, 1954, page 3, which is:
"Friday, September 17, at approximately 07:15 p.m., Mrs. widow Mellée, of Gelles, county of Rochefort-Montagne, was taking some fresh air close to her villa, when she saw in sky etc..."
He notes that the name of the witness is Mellée and not Melles, and that other witnesses are mentioned, among those neighbors of Mrs. Mellée, the Estrades and the Gannes.
[Ref. jca1:] JACQUES COSTAGLIOLA:
The author indicates that on September 24, 1954, there were 9 sightings, 6 being on the Bayonne - Vichy line, one of those sighting was at "Celles".
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
3787: 1954/09/17 19:30 1 2:46:40 E 45:46:00 N 3333 WEU FRN PDD 6:6
GELLES,FR:FAST SLNT LUMn.CGR >>NE S/L::+24SEP54 LUMn.CGR >>N/r3p71:/LDLN#125
Ref#197 WEINSTEIN, D: French Newsclips 1954 Page No. 16 : FARMLANDS
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the "Puy de Dômes" in Gelles on September 17, 1954 at 19:30 hours, "Three people observed a luminous machine in the shape of an orange cigar slowly moving from the South towards the North."
The source is indicated to be my website at "http://ufologie.net".
[Ref. lcn2:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the "Puy de Dômes" in Gelles on September 24, 1954 at an unknown hour "In evening a woman observed a luminous object in the shape of a cigar."
Luc Chastan notes the sources as "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958" and "Var Matin".
[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 |
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| 19540924 | 24.09.1954 | Gelles | France | Night | NL | |||||
| 19540924 | 24.09.1954 | Gelles | France |
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Totally insufficient information. But at 07:15 p.m., there was a jet plane contrail in the sunset sometimes mistaken for a UFO over Clermont-Ferrand.
Aimé Michel said there were multiple observations; which would exclude a plane as an explanation of some of the September 17, 1954, sightings. I need to summarize the actual situation.
This is a map of the places indicated in the various versions of the sightings to consider, those of September 17, 1954, between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Puy-de-Dôme and not too far:
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The width or the territory shown on this map is about 200 km.
The cases are, in reality:
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Gelles, Puy-de-Dôme, object, craft, luminous, cigar, multiple, Mellée, Melle, Mellé, Estrade, Ganne, evening, yellow orange, duration, slow, silent, craft
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
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