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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 reporttedly 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", monographie par Guy Quincy, France - Algérie, publication privée, page 14, années 1950.
[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.
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.