The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 18-Sep-54-Vichy.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
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.
[Ref. lpl1:] NEWSPAPER "LE PROVENCAL":
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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:
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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":
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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:
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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 |
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| 19540918 | 18.09.1954 | Vichy | France | NL |
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Possible plane or meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Vichy, Allier, multiple, Isnardon, lumineux, fast, night
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 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]. |
