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Reference for this case: 5-Nov-54-Roye.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
At the end of the 1960s, Dr. Claude Poher, future head of "GEPAN", the first official UFO research group in France, had compiled a computer catalog of French sightings reported by officials, or reported to the authorities. There was synthetically noted an observation in Roye in the Somme department on November 5, 1954 at 00:40 a.m., of what would be a motionless luminous dot, orange or fire-colored, flashing or rotating.
It was also noted that an official investigation had been carried out.
[Ref. cpr1:] CLAUDE POHER, UFO RESEARCH GROUP "GEPA":
In 1968-1969, before the official GEPAN ufology effort started, its future head Dr Claude Poher was a member of the unofficial GEPA ufology group, and gathered a computer coded listing of more than 700 UFO reports on which multiple factors statistical computation could be run. In the file were a number of 1954 French UFO reports, among those this one.
For readability, a decoded interpretation of the data is provided here under the original 80 character encoded string. Decoding was done according to the original indications, the code number and its generic meaning is given. Please not that the generic meaning of each code is a predefined category, not the real specific details of the case. For example, if the main witness' age was 33, the coding would result in a number "3" which corresponds to a category "Adult from 21 to 59 years."
| Original code: | 0644550511195400401JA613501060001AAA01032610200000000000000000000000000000000000 |
| Location: | Roye (Somme) - France |
| Case number: | 0644 |
| Source code: | 55 |
| Nature of the source: | Reports from official French sources: Police, Gendarmerie, Army, Pilots |
| Day: | 05 |
| Month: | 11 |
| Year: | 54 |
| Hours: | 00 |
| Minutes: | 40 |
| Type of Time: | 1 = local time |
| Number of witnesses: | 6 = 6 |
| Main witness named: | 1 = name(s) indicated |
| Main witness age: | 3 = Adult from 21 to 59 years |
| Main witness occupation: | 5 = technician, air trafic controler, radar operator, technical representative, reporter, teacher, photographer, optician, psychologist, ufo private investigator (when profession unknown) |
| Official investigation: | 1 = an official investigation was made |
| Weather: | 0 = no indication |
| Duration: | 6 = from 1 to 24 hours |
| Minimal distance witness - phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Method of observation: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of "objects" observed simultaneously: | 01 = 1 |
| Shape of the "object" (terminology of witness(es)): | A = a dot, star, "big planet" |
| Dimensions of the phenomenon: | AA = angular size, 01 = 1 minute of arc |
| Color of the observed phenomenon: | 03 = orange, fire color |
| Luminosity of the phenomenon: | 2 = luminous, fluorescent |
| Lights or projectors on the phenomenon: | 6 = blinking, rotating of pulsating lights |
| Moving speed of the phenomenon: | 1 = motionless |
| Acceleration of the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Trajectory of the phenomenon: | 2 = motionless or straight line with stops |
| Sounds perceived during observation: | 0 = no indication |
| Maximum angular height of observation (horizon = 0°): | 0 = no indication |
| Nature of the landing place: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of contact points with ground: | 0 = no indication |
| Traces of landing: | 0 = no indication |
| Observation of "occupants": | 0 = no indication |
| Height of the occupants observed: | 00 = no indication |
| Garment of the occupants: | 00 = no indication |
| Garment: | 0 = no indication |
| General behavior of "occupants": | 0 = no indication |
| Interaction of "occupants" with witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Head, hair: | 0 = no indication |
| Voice, breathing, chin: | 0 = no indication |
| Skin: | 0 = no indication |
| Eyes: | 0 = no indication |
| Mouth: | 0 = no indication |
| Various details: | 0 = no indication |
| Thermal effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Luminous effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Magnetic effect (or electromagnetic): | 0 = no indication |
| Odor perceived by witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Physiological effects on the witness(es): | 0 = no indication |
| Psychological effect on the witness(es): | 0 = no indication |
| Effects on animals: | 0 = no indication |
| Other effects reported: | 0 = no indication |
| Nebulosity: | 0 = no indication |
| Oscillations, emission of matter: | 0 = no indication |
| Spin, formation flight: | 0 = no indication |
| Immediate disappearance: | 0 = no indication |
| Halo surrounding the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Interaction witness / phenomenon (complement to the other rubrics): | 0 = no indication |
| Drawing or photo: | 0 = no indication |
| Structural details observed: | 0 = no indication |
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Somme in Roye on November 5, 1954 at 00:40 hours, "a witness observed during several hours a dot-like object motionless or having a slight movement. It was of orange color, and flickered."
The source is noted: "Les Universons by Poher Claude ** http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/universons/"
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541105 | 05.11.1954 | Roye | France | 00.40 |
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Totally insufficient information.
Note however that Mars had set at 11:08 p.m..
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Roye, Somme, multiple, official, point, orange, night, light
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | January 10, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 4, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 2, 2017 | Additions [ubk1]. |
