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The 1954 French flap:

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September 18, 1954, Vichy, Allier:

Reference for this case: 18-Sep-54-Vichy.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The regional newspaper Le Provençal for September 20, 1954, reported that on the night of Saturday, September 18, 1954, many residents of Vichy observed a luminous saucer-shaped craft moving fast in the sky.

One of the witnesses, Mr. Isnardon, said that this "craft" had "disappeared almost immediately."

In 1958, the ufologist Aimé Michel gave a wrong date to the case, writing it was on October 19, 1954.

Reports:

[Ref. lpl1:] NEWSPAPER "LE PROVENCAL":

A FLYING SAUCER IN VICHY

Vichy (A.F.P.).

Many residents of Vichy stated to have observed, during the night of Saturday, a luminous craft having the shape of a saucer and which moved in the sky at a sharp pace.

The craft, added Mr. Isnardon, one of the witnesses, disappeared almost at once.

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

09/19/1954 Vichy (night).

Numerous Vichy residents saw in the sky of their city a luminous craft in the shape of a saucer that moved fast. (Centre matin for 09/21/1954.

M.O.C. p. 90 Aimé Michel (No trace in the local press) 09/19/54.

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

Scan.

September 19 (doc. Graziana and Centre Matin for 9/21) Vichy.

Many Vichy residents observed during the night a luminous craft, FS shape, moving at high speed.

[Ref. ioi1:] "INFO-OVNI" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

024 19/09/54 NT Vichy
Luminous saucer

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

09 19 54 ( ) Vichy(03)and algeria 100C2

[Ref. gep2:] "GEPO" UFOLOGY GROUP:

09 24 54 (15) Vichy 300C2 Y

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 18 September 1954 in Vichy, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed."

The sources are indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1965.

[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
19540918 18.09.1954 Vichy France NL

Explanations:

Map.

Possible plane or meteor.

Keywords:

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

Vichy, Allier, multiple, Isnardon, lumineux, fast, night

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross March 10, 2006 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross June 15, 2009 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [uda1].
1.1 Patrick Gross January 26, 2017 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross June 27, 2019 Additions [ous1], [ioi1], Summary.
1.3 Patrick Gross April 8, 2022 Additions [gep1], [gep2].
1.4 Patrick Gross June 20, 2022 Addition [ldl1].

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