The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 4-Oct-54-Ambés.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In a general catalog of sighting reports of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U., published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper for October 4, 1954, the following observation occurred:
Before October 4, 1954, therefore, at 11 a.m. in Ambés, Mr. Dourthe, a baker, saw a huge block the size of a truck of several tons. He stopped his car and saw that the block was shiny and transparent like glass. Soon, the huge mass rose quickly in the sky.
[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
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Before Oct 4. 54 11 a.m. Ambés BA V3 Axis 3
Witness: Mr. Dourthe, baker. Huge block of the size of a truck of several tons. He stops his car and sees that the block is shiny and transparent like glass. The huge mass soon rises quickly into the sky.
S.O. October 4, 54
[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":
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04 OCTOBER 1954 11:00 a.m. Ambès BA/V 3"
Witness: Mr. DOURTHE, baker. Huge "block" the size of a "multi-ton truck". The witness stops his car and sees that the "block" was shiny and transparent like glass. Soon after it rose rapidly into the sky.
(S.O. October 04, 1954)
Note: "BA" stands for "Low Altitude"; "V 3" stands for "observation of medium interest".
[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that on October 4, 1954 at 11:00 in the morning in Ambés in the Gironde, Mr. Dourthe, baker, claimed to have seen in the sky "a block of the size of a truck of several tons."
The witness had stopped his car to examine the strange phenomenon, which was luminous and transparent, shining like a worm. After having remained motionless, the immense mass went up very quickly and "disappeared in space."
The authors indicate that the case is from their personal archive.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
3963: 1954/10/04 11:00 2 0:32:00 W 45:01:00 N 3333 WEU FRN GRN 7:6
AMBES,FR:TRUCK-SIZE MASS:LUMn+PARTLY XPARENT:HVRS THEN RISES VFAST ^ SPACE
Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 122 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
The Belgian ufologist indicates in her catalogue that in 1954, on October 4, in France in Ambes in the Gironde, "baker Dourthe claims to have seen in the sky, around 11 hours, a block of the size of a truck of several tons. He stopped his car to examine the strange phenomenon. It was luminous and transparent, shining like a worm. After having remained motionless, the huge mass went up quickly and disappeared in space."
She indicates the source as "M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: 'Ovni, Premier dossier complet...' Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979, p. 122-123".
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan notes in his database that in the Gironde in Ambés on October 4, 1954 at 11:00 hours, "a witness claims to have seen in the sky a 'block of the size of a truck of of several tons'. The witness stopped his car to examine the strange phenomenon. It was luminous and transparent, shining like a worm. After having remained motionless, the huge mass went up very quickly and disappeared in space."
Luc Chastan indicates as source: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 4 October 1954 at 11:00 in Ambes, France, there was a sighting.
The source is indicated as: "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002."
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If this is not a very distorted story, possibly of a meteor, I can well imagine that it might have been an extraterrestrial craft. The data is obviously not sufficient to be sure of anything.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ambés, Gironde, day, large, luminous, transparent, glowing, motionless, ascension, fast
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | September 25, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 16, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [goe1], [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | December 28, 2018 | Addition [ous1], [lhh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | May 26, 2022 | Addition [ufa1]. |
