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October 5, 1954, Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne:

Reference for this case: 5-Oct-54-Sarlat-la-Canéda.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In 1979, ufologists Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon mentioned in their book cataloging close encounters in France, that on October 5, 1954, in Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Dordogne department, a grocer had observed "a cigar and three saucers."

Reports:

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

The two authors indicate that on October 5, 1954 in Sarlat-la-Canéda in the department of Dordogne, a grocer observed "a cigar and three saucers."

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

3979: 1954/10/05 00:00 1 1:13:00 E 44:53:00 N 3331 WEU FRN DRD 6:6

SARLAT-le-CANEDA,FR:GROCER sees CGR and 3 FLYING SAUCERS!:NFD at all.

Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 125 : TOWN &CITY

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Dordogne with Sarlat Canéda on October 5, 1954 at an unknown hour, a grocer observes a cigar and three saucers.

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

Explanations:

In itself the case is obviously very poorly documented, since there is no hour, no details on the progress, and no primary sources indicated.

However, if we take into account other cases of October 5, 1954, or the beginning of October, in the Dordogne department, sometimes better documented, it seems that there was an event of some strangeness widely observed in this region. So far I have:

La Jemaye - Oct. 5 09:45 p.m. - A spinning growing descending luminous sphere changes color, rises gaian suddenly, leaves fast letting behind three luminous trails.
Trémolat - Oct. 5 01:00 a.m. - Three balls linked by a luminous string, very bright, one white, one green, one red, superimposed but clearly separated, rise, descend, sway, two new balls appear, each the size of the Moon, with a light green light lighting the trees of nearby hills, rise, the three first balls come back.
Sarlat-la-Canéda Oct. 5 - - A cigar and three saucers.
Lavalade - beg. Oct. - A very luminous spinning sphere overflies the valley.
Le Chambon - beg. Oct. - Like in Lavalade but closer.

Keywords:

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

Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, grocer, cigar, saucer

Sources:

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

[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 125, 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=713

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	May 4, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 5, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	November 8, 2019	Additions [lhh1]. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."

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