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September 20, 1954, Besançon, Doubs:

Reference for this case: 20-Sep-54-Besançon.
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Summary:

In his 1958 book on the French wave of 1954, the French ufologist Aimé Michel noted that there was a "rather vague" observation on September 20, 1954, in Besançon, in the Doubs department.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

French ufologist Aimé Michel noted that there was a "rather vague" sighting on September 20, 1954, in Besançon, in the Doubs department.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

September 20 [1954]

?: Besançon (Doubs): vague observation

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

09 20 54 ( )

Besançon and St Gère [sic] en Retz

000V2

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Doubs in Besançon on September 20, 1954, at an unknown hour, there was an "Observation of an object (without precision)".

The source is indicated as "M.O.C. par Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 20 September 1954 in Besancon, France, there was a UFO sighting.

The sources are indicated as Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958, and Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).

[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
19540920			20.09.1954		Besancon	France
19540920			20.09.1954		Besancon	France

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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Besançon, Doubs

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 86, 1956.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, the 1950's.
[gep1] "Catalogue mondial des observations - Fichier OVNI GEPO Pasqualini 1954, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #16, page 14, April / May/ June 1979.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=2&page=27&numobs=2301
[uda1] "20 Sep 1954 - Besancon, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021027.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 11, 2010	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 29, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	August 26, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanation changed, was "Not looked for yet".
1.3	Patrick Gross	March 12, 2021	Addition [gqy1].
1.4	Patrick Gross	April 10, 2022	Addition [gep1].

This page was last updated on April 10, 2022.