The 1954 French flap:

[Ref. jve2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

The author indicates that on October 4, 1954, in the evening, several residents of Trégon noticed an object which seemed to hover close to the top of a hill. They went there, but the object had flown away. What seems to be the same object was also seen in Mégrit, approximately 24 kilometers in the south-west of Trégon, hovering above a farm. It was described as metallic, flat, and emitting light.

[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":

In a list of cases that the magazine called for investigation or re-investigation, there was:

[Ref. jve4:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that in Trégon in the Côte-d'Armor, on October 4, 1954, at 08:30 p.m., several witnesses observed a luminous object which was motionless at the top of a hill. Several people took a car to go to see it more closely, but the object moved away to their approach.

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

[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:

[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:

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

[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates in her catalogue that in 1954, on October 4, in France in "Tregon", "Several people saw towards 20:30 an object which seemed to hover above a hill. They went there by car but it had disappeared. What seemed to be the same object was seen in Megrit at 25 km in south-west, hovering above a farm. It was described like a flat metallic object, emitting light."

She indicates that the source is "Jacques Vallée: 'Chronique des apparitions ET' - DENOEL 1972 -J'AI LU COLL. - p. 267, 268".

[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

[Ref. jbu1:] JEROME BEAU:

Jérôme Beau indicates as source: "Le Parisien, 7 October 1954".

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan notes in his database that in the Côtes d'Armor in Trégon on October 4, 1954 at 08:30 p.m. "Several witnesses observe a luminous object which is immobilized at the top of a hill. Several people take a car to go to see it more closely, but the object moves away when they approach."

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 21:00 in Tregon, France, "A metallic, flat object, emitting light, hovered near a hilltop." "Several people noticed an object hovering near a hilltop in the evening in Tregon, France. They drove to the site, but it flew away. What seemed to have been the same object was seen at Megrit, 25 km to the southwest, hovering over a farm. It was described as metallic, flat, and emitting light."

The website adds: "Several people noticed an object hovering near a hilltop. They drove to the site, but it flew away. What seems to be the same object was seen at Megrit, 25 kilometers to the southwest, hovering over a farm. It was described as metallic, flat, emitting light."

And: "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One metallic star was observed by several witnesses at a mountain for over 15 minutes."

The sources are indicated as: Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958; Bowen, Charles, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, FSR, London, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01); Vallee, Jacques, A Century of Landings (N = 923), (in JVallee04), Chicago, 1969; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173)

[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

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

This same case was recorded 6 times in this database:

[Ref. prn2:] PETER ROGERSON - "INTCAT":

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

It might have been an astronomical misinterpretation. On October 4, 1954, around 8:30 p.m. from Trégon, Mars was at azimuth 188°, elevation 15°, setting at 11:45 p.m. The Moon was on the right of Mars at 202°, elevation 12°6', it set at 10:49 p.m., it was in its last quarter with 46.0% of its surface illuminated. A notable star was Capella (28°, elevation 12°), Venus set at 7:42 p.m.

Keywords:

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

Trégon, Côtes d'Armor, object, hovering, multiple

Sources:

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

• [----] Article in the national newspaper Le Parisien, Paris, France, October 7, 1954.
• [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.
• [gqy2] "Atterrissages au XXe siècle", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, unnumbered pages, 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.
• [jve1] "Un Siècle d'Atterrissages", catalogue by Jacques Vallée, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #102, pahe 8, October 1969.
• [jve1] "Passport to Magonia - On Ufos, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publishers, USA, 1969.
• [aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", livre par book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, 1972.
• [jve1] "Chronique des Apparitions Extra-Terrestres", French translation of "Passport to Magonia", book by Jacques Vallée, Denoel publisher, France, page 268, 1972.
• [jve2] Summary by Jacques Vallée in "The Humanoids: A Survey of World-Wide Reports of Landings of Unconventional Aerial Objects and their Alleged Occupants", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publishers, U-K., 1969.
• [ldl1] "Réenquêtes 1954", in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #118, page 4, June 1972.
• [jve2] Summary by Jacques Vallée in "En Quête des Humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, France, page 42, 1974.
• [jve4] "1954: 7 jours, 40 observations", catalogue by Jacques Vallée, in the History magazine Historia, France, Special Issue "Les soucoupes volantes", #46, page 44, 1976.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 191, 1976.
• [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 250, 1978.
• [fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 122, 1979.
• [gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
• [mft1] "ATTERRISSAGES D'UFO sur le continent français du 26 septembre 1954 au 18 octobre 1954", list by Michel Figuet in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #249-250, page 25, March / April 1985.
• [lgs1] "The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse - UFOs: A History - 1954 October", monography by Loren E. Gross, USA, page 9, 1991.
• [----] "Computerized Catalog", compiled by Luis Schoenherr.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [goe1] "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 2002, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/afin54.htm
• [djn1] "Encounters With Aliens On This Day", web page compiled by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufocat.com.
• [jbu1] "Lundi 4 octobre 1954", web page by Jérôme Beau, France, RR0 website, circa 2006, at www.rr0.org/data/1/9/5/4/10/04/index.html
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2006, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=650
• [uda1] "4 Oct 1954 - Tregon, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf18/uf9/189065.htm
• [nip1] List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de
• [prn2] "INTCAT 1954", catalogue compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., circa 2016, at https://intcat.blogspot.com/search?q=1954

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