The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 4-Nov-54-Longeault.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In 1982, the ufology group ADRUP, in Dijon, published a catalog of all flying saucer sighting reports published in the daily newspaper Le Bien Public of Dijon.
An article dated November 9, 1954, of this journal is reproduced, indicating that one of their readers, Miss Bartet, a well-known painter, resident member of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature of Dijon, observed on Thursday, November 4, 1954 at 7:28 a.m. in Longeault a luminous celestial phenomenon.
She sketched the phenomenon:
The phenomenon was moving from east to west at about 800 meters, the newspaper said.
[Ref. via1] "VIMANA 21" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:
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WHY 1954?
The French flap of 1954 is today more than controversial.
Thus, A.R.R.U.P. wanted to make a compilation of all the documents published in a Burgundy daily newspaper:
"Le Bien Public".
The interest of this catalogue is triple:
[... Other case...]
November 9: Here is the celestial phenomenon that was seen in Longeault - Côte d'Or -
[... Other case...]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9: THIS IS THE CELESTIAL PHENOMENON THAT WAS SEEN IN LONGEAULT
One of our readers, Miss Bartet, a well-known painter; resident member of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature of Dijon, was able to observe, Thursday, November 4, in Longeault, a luminous celestial phenomenon, of which she took an exact sketch. We reproduce it below. It was 7:28, the phenomenon was moving from east to west (on the sketch, from right to left) at about 8oo meters.
[Ref. via2] "VIMANA 21" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:
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54 11 04 / LONGEAULT / 7:28 / NL / P /
Miss X observed a celestial luminous pheomenon that moved at an altitude of about 800 m.
(Source: Bien public, 11/9/54)
[Ref. via3:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "VIMANA 21":
This magazine listed this case:
54 11 04 7H28 LN Longeault
[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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| 19541104 | 04.11.1954 | Longeault | France |
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The report is quite poor but the sketch strongly suggests it was a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Longeault, Côte-d'Or, Bartet, night, low, single, sketch, luminous, trail
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 4, 2017 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | December 11, 2018 | Additions [via1], [via2], Summary. Explanation changed, was "Not looked for yet." |
