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October 3, 1954, Angoulême, Charente:

Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Angoulême.
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Summary:

In 1958, ufologist Aimé Michel reported in his book "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery" on the wave of 1954 in France, for the observations of October 3, 1954, that in Angoulême, Charente, Mr. and Mrs. Voudon saw a red circular object; which while coming closer changed to the green color and then moved away to the south.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel reports in his book for the observations of October 3, 1954, that in Angouleme, the Charente, Mr. and Mrs. Voudon saw a red circular object arriving, while it approached it turned to green and then moved away towards the South.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 3 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

11:05 p.m.?: Angoulême (Charente): luminous sphere

[... other cases...]

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

200

-000.15921

45.64800

1954

ANGOULEME

1512

C**

220

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

10/03/54

(22.30)

Angouleme

10709V21 3m

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

3956: 1954/10/03 22:50 1 0:09:40 E 45:39:00 N 3333 WEU FRN CHN 6:7

ANGOULEME,FR:RED SCR TURNS GRN OVHD:TURNS>>S::CGR+ORBITING SCRS SEEN/05OCT/r30

Ref# 49 MICHEL,Aime: FS & STRAIGHT LINE TH: Page No. 130 : TOWN &CITY

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Charente in Angoulème on October 3, 1954 at an unknown hour, a couple saw a red circular object coming; which while approaching changed to green and then moved away towards the South.

Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. dcn1] DOMINIQUE CAUDRON:

Dominique Caudron indicates that the catalogue of 800 cases published in 1970 by Maurice Santos, is a good example of what one should not do; he indicates to extract from it the list of the cases of October 3, 1954; which he knows well as he had investigated into these cases of his area of Nord. For each case, below the text of the Santos catalogue, he states what should have been written, and the explanation after analysis, when there is one.

Santos wrote that for this case #553 of "Various Forms", on October 3, 1954, in Angouleme there was a luminous Unknown Flying Object.

Dominique Caudron says that at an unknown hour, in Angoulème, 16, two witnesses see a red circular object which changes to the green and moves away towards the south. Caudron indicates that there is no other sources than Aimé Michel, and that it was in fact a possible meteor.

He notes that the numbering of the cases by Santos seemed a good idea, but that it prevents the evolution of the catalogue, whose numbering becomes incoherent at the first update: "For example, this catalogue contains only 10 cases for the area of the Nord, whereas we know 48 of them. How to place the 38 others?"

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

This database recorded this case 4 times:

Case Nr.	Date of observation	Place of observation	Country of observation	Classification
19541003	03.10.1954	Angouleme	France	CE I
19541003	03.10.1954	Angouleme	France	NL
19541003	03.10.1954	Angouleme	France
19541003	03.10.1954	Angouleme	France	NL

Explanations:

Insufficient information, possible meteor.

Keywords:

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

Angoulême, Charente, Voudon, object, circular, red, green

Sources:

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

[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, USA, 1958.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 11, 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 - Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publisher, France, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, pages 178,180, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, pages 178,180, 1978.
[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.
[----] Catalogue by Maurice Santos.
[gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=515
[dcn1] "Le catalogue qu'il ne fallait pas faire", web page by Dominique Caudron, France, not dated, found in 2016, at oncle-dom.fr/paranormal/ovni/ufologie/santos.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	August 17, 2004	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 9, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 20, 2010	Addition [jve5].
1.2	Patrick Gross	October 14, 2016	Addition [dcn1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	February 12, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.4	Patrick Gross	November 29, 2019	Additions [lhh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.5	Patrick Gross	April 18, 2022	Additions [gqy1], [gep1].

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