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1954, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône:

Reference for this case: 54-Marseille.
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Summary:

In an article about the flying saucers, Paris-Match magazine for October 23, 1954, published an image of a "saucer" explaining that it was a false saucer made in Marseille with two stacked lampshades.

Reports:

[Ref. pmh1:] "PARIS-MATCH" MAGAZINE:

Explanations:

The photo is obviously a farce, the size of the leaves of the bushes supposed to represent trees is still too large...

Four remarks, however:

• We can consider this a "negative case" since I found no publication of this image as an "authentic" saucer.
• Paris-Match gave no details, no report.
• They say it was made in Marseilles; in this city or near this city, certain "misters Alyons and Ates", said to be correspondants to the magazine Semaine du Monde, had produced at least three other false photographs of saucers that year. So it may also be their work too.
• Paris-Match sais this was "two stacked lampshades", but I don't think so. In principle, a lampshade is not as flat, it would not efficiently shade a light with this shape. It looks rather like some cookware cover.

Keywords:

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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, photograph, hoax, negative case, landing, lampshades, cover

Sources:

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• [pmh1] Article in Paris-Match magazine, France, page 20, October 23, 1954.

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