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The 1954 French flap:

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August 30, 1954, Château-Gontier, Mayenne:

Reference for this case: 30-Aug-54-Château-Gontier.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

Aimé Michel reported in his 1958 book on the 1954 French wave that the object observed in Angers and Lion d'Angers on September 1st, 1954, at 08:20 p.m., was last seen at 08:20 p.m. also, by witnesses in Château-Gontier, 45 kilometers north of Angers, who had also seen it cross the sky towards the north, where they noted its disappearance in about a minute. In Laval, further north, it was not seen.

He also stated that the object seen in Château-Gontier was similar to the one observed in Roubaix on September 15, 1954 and in Angers on September 1st, 1954: red color, green halo and circular shape.

The object, it seems to me, was likely a meteor, in any case, nothing allows to calls it an "unidentified flying object" apart from the poverty of the report; but several ufological sources after Aimé Michel did not seem to have thought about this.

Reports:

[Ref. cia1:] CIA:

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel briefly reports that the object observed in Angers and Lion d'Angers on September 1, 1954, at 08:20 p.m. was last seen at 8:20 p.m. also by witnesses at Château-Gontier, 45 kilometers north of Angers, who also saw it crossing the sky towards the north, where they noted its disappearance in about a minute. In Laval, further north, it was not seen.

He also states that the object seen in Chateau-Gontier was similar to that observed in Roubaix on September 15, 1954 and in Angers on September 1, 1954: red color, green halo and circular shape.

[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates in her catalogue that in 1953, on September 1, in France, in Château Gontier, people of Lion d'Angers, 22 kilometers more in the north on main road 162, started to see in their turn the object seen by Claire Cordier in Anger. "Their description is identical (...) the last witnesses are reported in Château Gontier, in the Mayenne, at45 km in the north of Angers."

The ufologist indicates that her source is: "Aimé MICHEL: 'Apropos des Soucoupes Volantes', PLANETE pub., 1966, p./45.

[Ref. jbu1:] JEROME BEAU:

Jérôme Beau indicates that the source is "Un 'disque volant' observé dans l'Ouest de la France", Alger Républicain, September 4, 1954.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Mayenne in Château Gontier on September 1, 1954 at 20:20, several people observe a brown red disc with green reflections moving towards the north.

He indicates that his source is "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 1 September 1954 at 20:20 in Chateau-Gontier, France, "A flying disc was observed. Multiple independent witnesses. One brown disc was observed by more than two witnesses for over one minute. No sound was heard."

The source is indicated as "Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958".

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

Explanations:

The 08:20 p.m. meteor of August 30, 1954.

Below: Map of the sightings in the area on August 30, 1954, at 08:20 p.m. The two witnesses in Angers and those in Château-Gontier are well localized. Those of Le Lion-d'Angers are not, we only know that they were on National Road 162 and are residents of Lion-d'Angers.

The distance in straight line between Angers and Château-Gontier is about 41 km.

Keywords:

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

Château-Gontier, Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, Mayenne, multiple, disc, night, brown, trail, green, hue, light, neon

Sources:

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

• [----] Article in the newspaper Alger Républicain, Algiers, Algeria, September 4, 1954.
• [cia1] "Information from Foreign Documents or Radio Broadcast - Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 31 July - 20 September 1954", report by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, USA), pp 1-2, October 29, 1954.
• [gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, the 1950's.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
• [aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight Lines 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 publisher, France, pp 45-46, 1966.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 70, 1977.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 70, 1978.
• [goe1] "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 2003, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/asept54.htm
• [----] "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [jbu1] "Septembre 1954", web page by Jérôme Beau, RR0 website, France, circa 2006, at rr0.org/data/1/9/5/4/09/index.html
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2006, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=664
• [uda1] "1 Sep 1954 - Chateau-Gontier, France", web page at the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf0/020722.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

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