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The 1954 French flap:

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September 28, 1954, Sens, Yonne:

Reference for this case: 28-Sep-54-Sens.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

Aimé Michel indicated in his 1958 book on the 1954 French flap that in Sens, on October 28, 1954, the weather was very overcast at 08:30 p.m., when Mr. Mr. and Mrs. C, living in the street of Oublettes, saw a luminous machine going down vertically until reaching a height estimated as a hundred meters, then followed a line parallel to the ground until the level crossing of Saint-Savinien, and disappeared, apparently on the ground.

The observation lasted one minute approximately and was done in complete silence. The phenomenon moved from west to east.

Michel said the case comes from the Charles Garreau file.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel indicates that in Sens, on October 28, 1954, the weather was very overcast at 08:30 p.m., when Mr. Mr. and Mrs. C, living in the street of Oublettes, saw a luminous machine going down vertically until a height estimated as a hundred meters, then followed a line parallel to the ground until the level crossing of Saint-Savinien, and disappeared, apparently on the ground. The observation lasted one minute approximately and was done in complete silence. The phenomenon moved from west to east.

Michel said the case comes from the Charles Garreau file.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that in Sens in the department of the Yonne, on September 28, 1954, at 08:30 p.m., there was an observation of a luminous machine which was at a hundred meters above ground-level.

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

[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates that in 1954, on September 28, in France, in Sens (the Yonne), "20:30: luminous machine at a hundred meters from the ground."

The source is noted "M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: 'Ovni, le premier dossier complet..' - Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979, p. 94".

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Yonne in Sens on September 28, 1954 at 20:30 hours, "Two witnesses observe aluminous objet go down vertically to hundred meters then the object follows a line parallel to the ground until the railway crossing of St Savinien and disappears. The displacement was thus carried out from west to east."

The source is noted: "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 28 September 1954, in France, at 20:30 à Sens St Savinien, "Hovered." And: "A hovering object was observed. One object was observed by one witness for over one minute."

The sources are listed as "Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958; Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01); Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173)".

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded this case four times:

Explanations:

Possible plane.

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Sens, Yonne, luminous, machine, silent, duration, night

Sources:

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

• [----] Charles Garreau, ufologist, France.
• [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, France, page 85, 1958.
• [gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 8, the 1950's.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
• [aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, page 121, 1966.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 132, 1977.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 132, 1977.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 249, 1978.
• [fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 94, 1979.
• [----] "Computerized Catalog", compiled by Luis Schoenherr.
• [gep1] "Catalogue mondial des observations - Fichier OVNI GEPO Pasqualini 1954, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #16, 1^st quarter, 1981.
• [goe1] "Chronologie OVNI", compiled by Godelieve van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 1999, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/asept54.htm
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, web site by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=2&page=27&numobs=437
• [uda1] "28 Sep 1954 - Sens St Savinien, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021346.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

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