The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 31-oct-54-Lezoux.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
A press release from the A.F.P. French news agency from Clermont-Ferrand appeared in the press on November 2, 1954, reporting that residents of Lézoux in the Puy-de-Dôme department had seen for about half an hour an orange "crescent" moving noiselessly in a north-west - south-east direction.
[Ref. lpl1:] NEWSPAPER "LE PROVENCAL":
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Yssingeaux (A.F.P.). A tradesman of Yssingeaux saw, Sunday evening towards 9 p.m., in the sky, a large ball finished by a tail producing sparks. The machine going down at a vertiginous pace, the observer believed that it was a plane falling in flames. But suddenly, it suspended its race, moved away and disappeared. The phenomenon had lasted from 10 to 15 minutes.
Clermont-Ferrand (A.F.P.).
Rseidents of Lézoux (Puy-de-Dome) saw an orange "crescent" moving without noise in a north-western to south-eastern direction. The phenomenon could be observed half an hour approximately.
[Ref. cpd1:] NEWSPAPER "LE COURRIER PICARD":
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BRUSSELS, November 1st. - A flying saucer from Belgium landed yesterday in Limel, near Maastricht, in Limburg, last night.
It is a small unmanned saucer, about 60 centimeters in diameter, bearing a license plate "3 R-X Mars" and whose structure is of great simplicity, enough for shaming the experts.
It is made up of a wicker circle covered with tinfoil and suspended in the air by four large toy balloons. In a sort of basket, attached to the wicker circle, a Belgian-made flashlight lights up the saucer, giving this machine a disturbing appearance at night.
A merchant of Yssingeaux saw, in the sky, a large ball ending in a tail producing sparks. The craft descended at a dizzying pace, the observer believed that it was a plane falling in flames. But, suddenly, the ball stopped its course, moved away and disappeared.
Residents of Lézeux [sic] (Puy-de-Dôme), saw an orange "crescent" moving noiselessly towards northwest - southeast. The phenomenon could be observed for about half an hour.
[Ref. nll1:] NEWSPAPER "NORD LITTORAL":
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Yssingeaux, November 1.
A merchant of Yssingeaux saw last night, around 9 p.m., in the sky, a large ball ending in a tail producing sparks.
As the craft descended at a dizzying pace, the observer believed that it was a plane falling in flames. But suddenly it stopped moving, went away and disappeared. The phenomenon lasted 12 to 15 minutes.
Clermont-Ferrand, Nov. 1
Residents of Lezoux (Puy-de-Dôme), saw yesterday, an orange "croissant" moving silently in direction North-West South-East. The phenomenon could be observed for half an hour.
The Hague, November 1.
A flying saucer from Belgium landed in Limmel near Maastricht in the Kimburg last night.
It is a small unmanned saucer of about 80 centimeters in diameter carrying a license plate "3 R-X Mars" and whose structure is brilliantly simple, enough for shaming experts.
It is made up of a wicker circle covered with silver paper and suspended in the air by four toy balloons. In a kind of basket, attached to the wicker circle, a Belgian-made flashlight lights up the saucer, giving this craft a disturbing appearance at night.
[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
This magazine indicates that on October 31, 1954, two inhabitants of Lezoux observed an orangeish crescent slowly moving from the North-West to the North-East.
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 31 October 1954 in Lezoux, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed."
The source is indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)".
[Ref. uda2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
1 November 1954 20:30
Pezoux, France
An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object, about 1 foot across, was observed by one witness.
Vallee, Jacques Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)
[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 |
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| 19541031 | 31.10.1954 | Lezoux | France | NL | ||||||
| 19541102 | 02.11.1954 | Lezoux | France | |||||||
| 19541101 | 01.11.1954 | Pezoux | France | NL |
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I found no place called Pezoux in France: the "Pezoux" case is likely the "Lézoux" case.
On October 31, 1954 at 08:00 p.m. from Lézoux, the moon was half an hour before setting down, it was at the azimuth 228° 42' and the low height of 3° 40'. It is in its last crescent, 21,3% of its surface is lit, it is in the South-west.
The indicated direction does not match, but is it reliable? Nothing tells this - it should all the same be noted that the witnesses are said to be residents of the place, one would consequently think that they should have had the notion of the directions at the place. However, it happened to me several times to see people who were totally mistaken about this... The hour of observation is not given; if it were about 08:00 p.m. to 08:30 p.m. it would match nicely.
The "orange" color is not the usual color of the Moon. But if it had the usual color, would it have puzzled the observers? Perhaps was precisely this unusual color which prevented them from recognizing the Moon.
The Moon is exceptionally of orange color, which one call "the red moon". This happens to generally occur in autumn.
The observation does not include any particular strangeness as regards the observed "object". Only the direction of observation would contradict the possibility that it was the red moon.
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I must note all the same that it seems that there was a meteor that day towards 18:15 or 18:30. See here for more information on this matter.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Lezoux, Pezoux, Puy-de-Dôme, orange, orangeish, slow, moon, crescent, multiple, duration
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 21, 2003 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 14, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 31, 2011 | A search on the web and in my documentation did not reveal other sources. Change of "Explanations", which was "Not looked for yet. The moon, to check". |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | February 2, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | November 1, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | February 1, 2020 | Addition [cpd1]. |
| 1.5 | Patrick Gross | April 8, 2020 | Addition [nll1]. |
