The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 4-Nov-54-Challans.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #325 for January / February 1994 reportedly indicated that there was an observation of the "flying saucer" kind in Challans on November 4, 1954 at 7 a.m..
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4353: 1954/11/04 07:00 15 1:16:00 W 47:10:00 N 3333 WEU FRN LRA 6:A
VALLET+REDOUX+CHALLANS+COURERES,FR++:WAVE/SCRS+NLTS:/r217p126
Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 325 : FARMLANDS
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The information I was able to find so far are totally insufficient to give any justified explanation.
However, in that area, at that date and hour, there were many such poorly documented cases about a "flying saucer", and the best documented cases strongly indicate that a meteor passed by.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Challans, Vendée, morning, saucer, luminous
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
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