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September 29, 1954, Autun, Saône-et-Loire:

Reference for this case: 29-Sep-54-Autun.
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Summary:

The ufology bulletin Vimana 21, of the ufology group A.D.R.U.P. of the Côte-d'Or department, in issue 10-11 of the 3^rd quarter of 1982, transcribed the articles on the flying saucers published in 1954 in the regional newspaper Le Bien Public. For October 6, 1954, this newspaper reported that in Autun, several people "said they saw a kind of big luminous ball slowly moving weirdly in the sky."

"Autun" was recorded as a September 29, 1954, sighting location in the catalog of Jacques Vallée published in his 1966 book "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", with no toerh information than the sighting date of September 29, 1954.

Reports:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

158

1954

AUTUN-REGION

0011

[Ref. via1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 [Publishing date]: LUMINOUS BALL IN AUTUN -

Several people said they saw a kind of big luminous ball moving slowly in an odd manner in the sky. A similar phenomenon has been observed in the Ain and in the north of the Rhône department, as well as in the Isère.

The source is said to be the newspaper Le Bien Public.

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 29 September 1954 in Autun, France, "One object was observed by one witness."

The sources are indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01)".

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

This database recorded this case twice:

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip code	Place of observation	Country of observation	Time of observation	Classification	Note	Identification
19540929			29.09.1954	Autun	France
19540929			29.09.1954		Autun	France

Explanations:

Possibly the September 29, 1954, meteor, about 08:30 p.m.

The information is insufficient to be certain of that: how slowly did the ball move, in what direction, how long did it last? Etc.

Keywords:

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

Autun, Saône-et-Loire

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Le Bien Public, Dijon, France, October 6, 1954.
[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.
[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.
[via1] "Catalogue, in the ufology bulletin Vimana 21, A.D.R.U.P. ufology group, France, #10-11, page 22, 3^rd quarter 1982.
[uda1] "29 Sep 1954 - Autun, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2009, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021380.htm
[ubk1] "UFO-Sichtungen 1954", listing by the UFO-Datenbank online database website, Germany, not dated, as in 2014, at http://www.ufo-datenbank.de/europa/France/liste.php?jahr=1954

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 20, 2010	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	September 30, 2014	Addition [ubk1]. Explanation changed from "Not looked for yet" to "The September 29, 1954, meteor, about 08:30 p.m."
1.2	Patrick Gross	June 24, 2019	Additions [via1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "The September 29, 1954, meteor, about 08:30 p.m."

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