The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 19-Dec-54-Ygrande.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Ufologist Jacques Vallée had listed in 1966, very briefly, a case in Ygrande on December 19, 1954, at 06:00 a.m.
This was reproduced in the same manner by two catalogues of the web after 2000.
In March 2017, a colleague told me the case appeared in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #128 quoting a FIDOFO record that said the source was the newspaper Centre-Matin for December 20, 1954, and that it was a sighting of a luminous sphere rising vertically and disappearing in the sky at high speed.
Indeed, in 2018 I found that the case appeared in 1973 French catalogues, all citing the newspaper Centre-Matin for December 20, 1954, as the source and saying that on December 19, 1954, at 6 a.m. or 6 p.m., in Ygrande, a luminous sphere rose vertically and disappeared fast, into the sly, apparently.
[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:
| 418 | 19 | 12 | 1954 | 06 | 00 | 1 | YGRANDE-ALLIER | F | 0016 | 2 | D |
[Ref. ous1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":
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12/19/1954, Ygrande (06h)
A luminous sphere rose vertically and disappeared into the sky at a fast pace. A landing would be possible (?)
(Centre-Matin for 12/20/1954)
[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
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December 19 [1954] (Centre Matin for 12/20) Yguerande [sic] 6:00
A luminous sphere rose vertically and disappeared into the sky at a fast pace.
It is the research of MM. Ameil, Giraud, Graviana who allowed the publication of this information, the importance of which will not escape anyone. They are typed on cards and distributed to interested services by Mrs. Gueudelot. We thank them for this precious collective work which, among other things, feeds FIDUFO, and by the publication of the departmental map, locates the places and allows counter-investigations.
We once again appeal to all those who read us to continue this research in their local newspapers and to contact us directly, or Mrs. Gueudelot, 28, rue Léo-Bouyssou, 40000 Mont-de-Marsan.
[Ref. ioi1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "INFO-OVNI":
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12/19/1954, Ygrande 06 h.00 ( or 06h.00 p.m.)
"A luminous sphere rose vertically and disappeared fast."
"Centre-Matin" for 12/20/1954
[Ref. ioi2:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "INFO OVNI":
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061 12/19/54 06:00 a.m. Ygrande
Lighting sphere rising vertically
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 19 December 1954 at 06:00 in Ygrande, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object, about 5 feet across, was observed by several witnesses."
The sources are indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01)".
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
This database recorded the case twice:
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541219 | 19.12.1954 | Ygrande | France | 06.00 | ||||||
| 19541219 | 19.12.1954 | Ygrande | France | 06.00 | NL |
[Ref. prn2:] PETER ROGERSON - "INTCAT":
December 19 1954. 0600hrs.
YGRANDE (ALLIER : FRANCE)
A luminous globe took off vertically from ground level and disappeared into the sky.
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Note on March 22, 2017:
For a time I thought this case maybe be that in Ygrande in October with an erroneous month (See Document History); however, in March 2017, a ufologist colleague who also build a sighting catalogue informed me by email:
Hello
Information precision, the sources seems to show that this case should not be mistaken with the hoax of 10/19.
the observation tells of a luminous sphere rising vertically and disappearing in the sky at high speed.
LDLN 128 quoting a FIDUFO record the case was reportedly told of in the newspaper Centre matin for 12/20/1954.
Regards
[X]
I stand corrected.
Note on November 22, 2018:
The information is so meager that many prosaic explanations are possible. It does not seem that the newspaper source told much more.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ygrande, Allier, luminous, sphere, rising, vertically
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 4, 2010 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | July 1, 2010 | Addition [jve5]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 20, 2016 | Addition [ubk1], Summary. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | March 22, 2017 | In the Summary, removal of "But it is likely that it was actually the case in Ygrande on October 19, 1954; which was just an advertising scheme for a clothes manufacturer...". In the Explanations, removal of "I want to note, however, that this may be the case in Ygrande on October 19, 1954, possibly misdated in Vallée's catalogue: same day, same place, wrong month maybe." In the Summary, addition of the paragraphe "In March 2017,..." In the Summary, addition of the "Note on March 22, 2017". |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | November 22, 2018 | Additions [ous1], [ioi1], [prn2]. In the Summary, addition of the paragraph "Indeed, in 2018 ..." In the explanations, "Not looked for yet" changed to "The information is so meager that many prosaic explanations are possible. It does not seem that the newspaper source told much more." |
| 1.5 | Patrick Gross | June 14, 2022 | Addition [ioi2]. |
