The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 25-Oct-54-Varennes-sur-Tèche.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
According to the 1979 book by Figuet and Ruchon, the newspaper La Montagne for October 28, 1954, reported that on October 25, 1954, at 06:30 a.m., in Varennes-sur-Tèche in the department of Allier, a round, silver-colored craft passed through the sky fast, an intermittent light emanating from it.
[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Varennes-sur-Tèche in the department of Allier, on October 25, 1954 at 06:30 of the morning, a machine of round shape, of silver plated color was observed; it crossed the sky quickly.
They indicate as source the newspaper "La Montagne" for October 28, 1954.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4270: 1954/10/25 06:30 1 3:38:00 E 46:19:40 N 3333 WEU FRN ALR 7:6
VARENNES-sur-TECHE,03,FR:ROUND SLVR SCR W/FLASHING LITE CROSSES SKY QUICKLY
Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 199 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:
Encounters with Aliens on this Day
October 25
[...]
1954 - At 6:30 a.m. a round silver disc with a flashing light crossed the sky quickly in Varennes-sur-Teche, Allier, France. (Source: Michel Figuet & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochees en France, p. 199).
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[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Allier in "Varennes sur tèche" on October 25, 1954, at 06:30 hours, "Observation of a machine of round form, silver color crossing the sky quickly. An intermittent light emanated from the apparatus."
The source is noted "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 25 October 1954 at 06:30 in Varennes-Sur-Teche, France, "Round silver disc with flashing light crosses sky quickly." And: "A flying disc was observed. One silver disc was observed in a town for several minutes."
The source is indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
*Oct. 25, 1954 - At 6:30 a.m. a round silver disc with a flashing light crossed the sky quickly in Varennes-sur-Teche, Allier, France. (Source: Michel Figuet & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochees en France, p. 199).
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This may have been a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Varennes-sur-Tèche, Allier, apparatus, object, fast, silver, ball, sphere, round
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | June 18, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 9, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [djn1], [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 25, 2014 | Addition [nip1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 24, 2018 | Additions [lhh1], summary, explanations changed, were "Mot looked for yet." |
