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Beginning of October, 1954, Saint-Macaire, Gironde:

Reference for this case: Beg-Oct-54-Saint-Macaire.
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Summary:

In a general catalog of sighting reports of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U., published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper for October 5, 1954, the following observation occurred:

Before October 5, 1954 therefore, in Saint-Macaire, Mr. Jean-Jacques Vidal reportedly saw a round object moving in the sky at a very fast pace leaving a greenish trace.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

Before Oct. 5, 1954 St-Macaire V2 Axe 2

Witness: Mr. J.-J Vidal. Round object moving in the sky at a very fast pace leaving a greenish trace.

S.O. ofr Oct., 54

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

BEFORE 05 OCTOBER 1954 St-Macaire V[?]

Witness: ... J. VIDAL; round object moving in the sky at very high speed, and leaving a greenish trail.

(S.O. October 05, 1954)

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

10/04/54

( )

St Macaire (33)

10002

T09

[Ref. gep2:] "GEPO" UFOLOGY GROUP:

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-Soir

St Macaire (Gironfr)

1032V2

[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
19541003			03.10.1954		St. Macaire	France		CE II

Explanations:

This is an obvious description of a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Saint-Macaire, Gironde, Jean-Jacques Vidal, unique, object, round, moving, fast, trail, greenish, green

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 5, 1954.
[ous1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde - Résumé des Archives et dossiers de la section de Bordeaux du C.F.R.U.", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #9, page 22, 4^th quarter 1973.
[ufa1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde (I)", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Ufologia, ufology group C.F.R.U., France, #1, page 8, November / December 1975.
[gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
[gep2] "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	December 25, 2018	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	August 20, 2019	Addition [ubk1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	April 3, 2022	Additions [gep1], [gep2].
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 27, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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