The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 22-Sep-54-Arpajon.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In a 1965 article in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit, evoking what he calls "cloud-cigars", ufologist Aimé Michel indicated that during the wave of 1954 in France one was seen on September 12, 1954 (obviously a wrong date) in Arpajon.
In the 2000s, a German ufology database on the Web indicated twice that on September 22, 1954, at 07:30 p.m., in Arpajon, a "nocturnal light" was seen.
No other information, nor any source, was given.
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
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September 22 [1954]
07:30 p.m.: Saint-Chéron/Breuillet (Seine-et-Oise)
07:30 p.m.: Arpajon (Seine-et-Oise)
08:00 p.m.: Saint-Fargeau/Ponthierry (Seine-et-Marne): sphère des nuées
08:30 p.m.: Rueil-Malmaison/Rebais/Sénart (S.et Oise): luminous ball
08:30 p.m.: Paris 7°(Seine): disque lumineux
? (same h?): Chailly-en-Bière (Seine-et-Marne)/Nationale 7,N. of Fontainebleau (S.et-Marne: clouds sphere + 7 or 8 small lumin. "balls."
[Ref. aml2:] AIME MICHEL:
Such is the great cloud-cigar. It has, as I have said, been described a great many times in identical terms and in all countries of the world. In France, it was seen during the wave of 1954 very near Paris: in the night of August 22 to 23 in Vernon, and the evening of September 12, around 19 h. 30, in broad daylight, by a crowd of witnesses from south of Paris, at Saint-Chéron, at Arpajon, on national road 7, at Chailly-en-Bière, etc. The description is always the same.
[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":
| 09 22 54 (19) | St Cheron and Arpajon OE | ? | 000A21 |
[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:
September 22nd [of 1954].
"Vast luminous object."
[... Other cases...]
The vast luminous object arrived over Arpajon just moments later [than 07:30 p.m.] and was spotted by a Mme. Chatelin. Again the report is very brief.
[... Other cases...]
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19540922 | 22.09.1954 | Arpajon Breuillet | France | 07.30 p.m. | NL | |||||
| 19540922 | 22.09.1954 | Arpajon | France | 07.30 p.m. | NL |
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Aimé Michel has the date wrong: the numerous observations in the Southe of Paris were certainly not on September 12, but on September 22.
The case is perhaps a duplicate: it would be the observation at La Norville, in which Arpajon had been mentioned as the place where the object would be.
Anyway, a number of observations were reported for this date, this hour and this area, whose descriptions also make me think it was a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Arpajon, Essonne, luminous, night
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | January 31, 2017 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | April 2, 2019 | Additions [aml2], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | March 13, 2021 | Additions [gqy1], [lgs1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | April 7, 2022 | Addition [gep1]. |
