France 1954 -> Home 

Cette page en françaisCliquez!

The 1954 French flap:

The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.

January 9, 1954, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme:

Reference for this case: 9-Jan-54-Clermont-Ferrand.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The local weekly newspaper Le Semeur, from the Puy-de-Dôme, reported on page 2 on January 17, 1954, that on January 9, 1954 at 9:30 p.m., a meteor had crossed the sky of Clermont-Ferrand, seeming to move at very slow speed, leaving behind a long trail of fire, and that many inhabitants of La Plaine had had time to see it.

It does not seem there was any interpretation of this event as a "saucer" or UFO.

Reports:

[Ref. smr1:] NEWSPAPER "LE SEMEUR":

Scan.

A METEOR IN THE SKY
OF CLERMONT

A 09:30 p.m., on Saturday January 9, a meteor crossed the sky of Clermont. It seemed to be moving at very slow speed, leaving behind a long trail of fire. Many inhabitants of La Plaine have had time to see it.

Explanations:

Map.

There is currently no particular reason for this meteor sighting to be anything other than that, and I think it was likely a meteor. However, the sighting should be documented here in my opinion, because:

Keywords:

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

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, meteor, La Plaine, multiple, night, negative case, trail, slow, fire

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross January 8, 2021 First published.

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict



 Feedback  |  Top  |  Back  |  Forward  |  Map  |  List |  Home
This page was last updated on January 8, 2021.