The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 20-Oct-54-Bézouotte.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In 1982, the local ufology group A.D.R.U.P., in Dijon, published a catalog of all flying saucer sighting reports published in the daily newspaper Le Bien Public of Dijon.
It was learned that the newspaper had published on October 22, 1954, that on Wednesday, October 20, at 07:30 p.m., a resident of Bezouotte in the Côte-d'Or, "worthy of faith, saw, for 7 to 8 seconds, in the starry sky, a luminous orange-white disc that moved northeast - southwest, at high speed and silently. This disk which was 20 or 30 times larger than a shooting star or a "meteor" is probably the a phenomenon that flying saucers fans are seeing these days."
[Ref. via1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
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WHY 1954?
The French flap of 1954 is today more than controversial.
Thus, A.D.R.U.P. wanted to make a compilation of all the documents published in a Burgundy daily newspaper:
"Le Bien Public".
The interest of this catalogue is triple:
[... Other cases...]
October 22: A disc in the sky of Bézouotte -
[... Other cases...]
FRIDAY OCTOBER 22: A DISC IN THE SKY OF BEZOUOTTE
Wednesday, October 20, at 07:30 p.m., a resident of Bezoutte in the Côte-d'Or, worthy of faith, saw, during 7 to 8 seconds, in the starry sky, a luminous white-orange disc that moved northeast - southwest, at high speed and silently. This disc which was 20 or 30 times larger than a shooting star or a "meteor" is probably the phenomenon that flying saucers fans see these days.
[Ref. via2:] "VIMANA 21" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:
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54 10 20 / BEZOUOTTE / 19H30 / LN / P /
Mr. X saw, during 7 to 8 seconds, in the starry sky, a luminous white-orange disc that moved at high speed, silently. This disc was 20 to 30 times larger than a shooting star.
(Source: Bien public, 10/22/54)
[Ref. via3:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
This magazine listed this case:
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54 10 20 19H30 LN Bezouotte |
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This was likely a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Bézouotte, Côte-d'Or, anonymous, duration, fast, disc, luminous, white, orange, silent
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