The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 1-Oct-54-Talence.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. cpr1:] CLAUDE POHER, UFO RESEARCH GROUP "GEPA":
In 1968-1969, before the official GEPAN ufology effort started, its future head Dr Claude Poher was a member of the unofficial GEPA ufology group, and gathered a computer coded listing of more than 700 UFO reports on which multiple factors statistical computation could be run. In the file were a number of 1954 French UFO reports, among those this one.
For readability, a decoded interpretation of the data is provided here under the original 80 character encoded string. Decoding was done according to the original indications, the code number and its generic meaning is given. Please not that the generic meaning of each code is a predefined category, not the real specific details of the case. For example, if the main witness' age was 33, the coding would result in a number "3" which corresponds to a category "Adult from 21 to 59 years."
| Original code: | 0606550110195497000JAZ132010400011ZZZZ040031210000000000000000000000000000000000 |
| Location: | Talence - France |
| Case number: | 0606 |
| Source code: | 55 |
| Nature of the source: | Reports from official French sources: Police, Gendarmerie, Army, Pilots |
| Day: | 01 |
| Month: | 10 |
| Year: | 50 |
| Hours: | 97 = no indication |
| Minutes: | 00 = no indication |
| Type of Time: | 0 = time is doubtful or "imprecise" |
| Number of witnesses: | Z = "several, many" |
| Main witness named: | 1 = name (s) indicated |
| Main witness age: | 3 = Adult from 21 to 59 years |
| Main witness occupation: | 2 = farmer, docker, navy, housekeeper |
| Official investigation: | 1 = an official investigation was made |
| Weather: | 0 = no indication |
| Duration: | 4 = from 1 to 19 minutes |
| Minimal distance witness - phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Method of observation: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of "objects" observed simultaneously: | 01 = 1 |
| Shape of the "object" (terminology of witness(es)): | 1 = disk, saucer, lenticular |
| Dimensions of the phenomenon: | ZZZZ = no indication |
| Color of the observed phenomenon: | 04 = yellow, amber |
| Luminosity of the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Lights or projectors on the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Moving speed of the phenomenon: | 3 = successively motionless, or slow, AND rapid |
| Acceleration of the phenomenon: | 1 = very high acceleration reported |
| Trajectory of the phenomenon: | 2 = motionless or straight line with stops |
| Sounds perceived during observation: | 1 = no noise, total silence, object noiseless |
| Maximum angular height of observation (horizon = 0°): | 0 = no indication |
| Nature of the landing place: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of contact points with ground: | 0 = no indication |
| Traces of landing: | 0 = no indication |
| Observation of "occupants" | 0 = no indication |
| Height of the occupants observed: | 00 = no indication |
| Garment of the occupants: | 00 = no indication |
| Garment: | 0 = no indication |
| General behavior of "occupants": | 0 = no indication |
| Interaction of "occupants" with witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Head, hair: | 0 = no indication |
| Voice, breathing, chin: | 0 = no indication |
| Skin: | 0 = no indication |
| Eyes: | 0 = no indication |
| Mouth: | 0 = no indication |
| Various details: | 0 = no indication |
| Thermal effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Luminous effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Magnetic effect (or electromagnetic): | 0 = no indication |
| Odor perceived by witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Physiological effects on the witness(es): | 0 = no indication |
| Psychological effect on the witness(es): | 0 = no indication |
| Effects on animals: | 0 = no indication |
| Other effects reported: | 0 = no indication |
| Nebulosity: | 0 = no indication |
| Oscillations, emission of matter: | 0 = no indication |
| Spin, formation flight: | 0 = no indication |
| Immediate disappearance: | 0 = no indication |
| Halo surrounding the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Interaction witness / phenomenon (complement to the other rubrics): | 0 = no indication |
| Drawing or photo: | 0 = no indication |
| Structural details observed: | 0 = no indication |
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Gironde in Talence, on October 1, 1954 at 16:00 hours, "thousands of witnesses observe a disc of yellow color, some with binoculars. It moved in straight line with stops and without any noise. It had strong accelerations."
The sources are indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979", and "Les Universons by Poher Claude ** http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/universons/"
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 1 October 1954 in Talence, France, "one object was observed for over four minutes (Couderc)."
The source is indicated as "Poher, Claude, Etudes Statistiques Portant sur 1000 Temoignag, Author, undated."
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541001 | 01.10.1954 | Talence | France |
|
Contrary to what is indicated by Luc Chastan [lcn1], there is nothing about such an observation in the 1979 book of Figuet and Ruchon.
This case may be interesting, however the information at hand for now is much too meager.
Even worse: this could be the case of Bordeaux, identified as a balloon by the ufology magazine Ouranos New Series #9, as soon as the 4th quarter of 1973.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Talence, Gironde, Couderc, official, multiple, investigation, disc, yellow, slow, fast, silent, acceleration
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | January 27, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 12, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | December 20, 2016 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | July 22, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
