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October 5, 1954, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines:

Reference for this case: 5-Oct-54-Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Summary:

In his "Preliminary catalog of 500 observations" published in his book "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace" in 1966, ufologist Jacques Vallée noted an observation on October 3, 1954 at 8:30 p.m. in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

In their 1979 book "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", ufologists Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon reported a little more: October 5, 1954, at 9:00 p.m. in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Yvelines, on the road to Poissy, an ovoid object surrounded by a very bright halo, moving slowly, was observed.

Reports:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

209

-002.09430

48.89700

1954

ST-GERMAIN EN LAYE

301

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

The two authors indicate that on October 5, 1954 at 09:00 p.m., in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the department of the Yvelines, on the road of Poissy, an ovoid object surrounded by a very shining halation, moving slowly, was observed.

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

3985: 1954/10/05 21:00 3 2:07:00 E 48:53:40 N 3333 WEU FRN YVL 6:6

SAINT GERMAIN-en-LAYE,FR:OVOID W/VBRITE HALO:MOVES VERY SLOWLY:NFD:/AFP

Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 125 : RESIDENT'L

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Yvelines in German St Germain en Laye on October 5, 1954 to 21:00 hours, there was observation on the road of Poissy, of an ovoid object surrounded by a very shining halation, moving slowly.

Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".

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

This database recorded this case twice:

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541004			04.10.1954		St. Germain Laye	France	20.30
19541004			04.10.1954		St. Germain Laye	France	20.30	NL

Explanations:

Insufficient information, low strangeness.

Keywords:

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

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, night, oval, halo, halation, shiny, slow

Sources:

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

[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.
[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, 1979.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=705
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	May 4, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 9, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 21, 2010	Addition [jve5].
1.2	Patrick Gross	February 16, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	April 26, 2022	Addition [lhh1].

This page was last updated on April 26, 2022.