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October 9, 1954, Orly, Val-de-Marne:

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

In his 1958 book, Aimé Michel indicated that on October 9, 1954, following the sighting in Cuisy, the same object or a similar object had was seen by witnesses driving in a car south of Orly, but without causing any incident - in Cuisy it would have triggered car engine failure.

In the 2010's, a German web database of UFO sightings indicated that there was an observation on October 9, 1954, in Orly, France.

No source and no details were given.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel indicates that on October 9, 1954, following the sighting at Cuisy, the same object or a similar object had been seen by witnesses traveling by car south of Orly, but without causing any incident [in Cuisy it reportedly triggered car engine failures].

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 9 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

Id. ? [=09:30 p.m.?]: Orly (South of,Nale.7, near Juvisy?--Seine-et-Oise): lum. obj. /es

[... other cases...]

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

10/9/54

-8:1/2 p.m.

Paris-Orly N1

3056V2

[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
19541009			09.10.1954		Orly	France

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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

Orly, Val-de-Marne

Sources:

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

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, version anglaise de "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, page 190, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 208, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 208, 1977.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 14, the 1950's.
[gep1] "Catalogue mondial Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #21, September / December 1980.
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 9, 2017	First published, [ubk1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	December 24, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.2	Patrick Gross	May 4, 2022	Additions [aml1], [gqy1], [gep1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [aml1].

This page was last updated on May 4, 2022.