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October 9, 1954, Ebreuil, Allier:

Reference for this case: 9-Oct-54-Ebreuil.
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Summary:

Ufologist Aimé Michel wrote in his 1958 book on the French wave of 1954 that according to Charles Garreau, a flying saucer was observed on October 9, 1954, at Ebreuil, in the Allier.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel notes that an observation occured on October 9, 1954, in Ebreuil near Vichy. He indicates ufologist Charles Garreau as source.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 9 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

? [=unknown hour]: Ebreuil (26 km W. Vichy--Allier)

[... other cases...]

[Ref. ioi1:] "INFO-OVNI" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

031 10/09//54 ..h Ebreuil
Observation of a saucer - no detail-

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

October 9 (A. Michel according to C. Garreau) Ebreuil near Vichy.

Observation of a FS.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Allier in Ebreuil on October 9, 1954, at an unknown hour nonknown there was an "Observation of an object".

The source is indicated as "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 9 October 1954 at 19:00 in Ebreuil, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness for a few seconds."

The sources are indicated as Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958; 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).

[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
19541009			09.10.1954		Ebreuil	France	19.00	NL
19541009			09.10.1954		Ebreuil	France	19.00	NL

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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

Ebreuil, Allier

Sources:

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

[----] Charles Garreau.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 14, the 1950's.
[ioi1] "Un demi-siècle d'activités O.V.N.I. dans l'Allier", catalog in the ufology magazine INFO-OVNI, France, special issue, page 5, December 1975.
[ldl1] "Les archives de 1954 pour l'Allier", catalogue in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #128, page 16, October 1973.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 211, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 211, 1966.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=834
[uda1] "9 Oct 1954 - Ebreuil, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf2/022300.htm
[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	August 26, 2004	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 8, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1], [uda1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 20, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 26, 2019	Additions [ioi1], [ldl1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.2	Patrick Gross	May 2, 2022	Addition [gqy1].

This page was last updated on May 2, 2022.