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Reference for this case: 1-Oct-54-Luc-en-Diois.
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According to U.F.O. Informations, the ufological bulletin of the Association of the Friends of Marc Thirouin, #34, page 29, 4th quarter of 1981, the newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré for October 3, 1954, had reported an observation of October 1, 1954, at 04:10 p.m., in Luc-en-Diois in the Drôme department.
The witnesses were Mr. Fournier, driver of the Brun establishments, and two people from the village who accompanied him.
When Mr. Fournier came back from a tour of Chatillon-en-Diois with these two people, they saw a phosphorescent disk passing in the direction of Miscon, above the mountain, at an altitude of about 1500 meters changing color from red to yellow alternately.
For a few moments, the "disk" remained motionless in the atmosphere, then "disappeared" towards the south.
Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon had reported the same case in their 1979 book, but without giving any source.
[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors report that on October 1, 1954, at 04:10 p.m., in Luc in Diois in the department of the Drôme, three witnesses including Mr. Fournier, a driver, observed an object above the mountain at approximately 1500 meters of altitude. It was a phosphorescent disc, passing alternatively from the red to the yellow, which remained a few moments motionless and left in direction the south.
The authors do not indicate their source.
[Ref. uin1:] "U.F.O. INFORMATIONS" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:
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DATE: 10/1/1954
PLACE: LUC-EN-DIOIS (Drôme)
HOUR: 04:10 p.m.
DURATION: a short time
WITNESSES: Mr. FOURNIER, driver of the Brun society, accompanied by two people of the village.
OBSERVATION: Mr. Fournier was returning from a tour in Chatillon en Diois with two people, when they saw in the direction of Miscon, above the mountain, about 1500 meters of altitude, a phosphorescent disk passing from the red to the yellow color alternately.
For a few moments, the disc remains motionless in the atmosphere, then disappeared towards the south.
SOURCES: Dauphiné-Libéré for 3/10/1954
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
3889: 1954/10/01 16:10 1 5:27:00 E 44:37:00 N 3333 WEU FRN DRM 7:8
LUC-en-DIOIS,26,FR:SCR CHANGES RED>YEL>RED etc.:HVRS OVR MTN:THEN SHOOTS >S
Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 106 : MOUNTAINS
[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
Godelieve van Overmeire indicates that on October 1, 1954, in France, in Luc en Diois in the Drôme, "the driver Mr. Fournier and two other people observe at 16:10 an object above the mountain at approximately 1500 m of altitude. It is a phosphorescent disc, passing from the red to the yellow, alternatively. After having remained motionless during a few minutes, the thing disappears towards the south."
The source is indicated as "M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet..." Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979, p. 106".
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Drôme in Luc en Diois on October 1, 1954 at 16:10 hours a "driver returning from a round when he observes [sic] in company of two other people of the village in direction of Miscon an object above the mountain at approximately 1500 meters of altitude. It was a phosphorescent disc, passing alternatively from the red to the yellow. It remained a few moments motionless and disapeard in the direction of the south."
The source is indicated as "Le Dauphiné Libéré".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 1 October 1954 at 16:10 there was a sighting in Luc-en-Diois, France.
The source is indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
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Possible meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Luc-en-Diois, Drôme, Fournier, mountain, disc, multiple, afternoon, day, phosphorescent, red, yellow, motionless, movement
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 5, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 12, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [goe1], [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | July 21, 2019 | Additions [uin1], [lhh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
