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The 1954 French flap:

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Mid August, 1954, Avignon, Vaucluse:

Reference for this case: Mid-Aug-54-Avignon.
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Summary:

In a column signed "Don José" of the local newspaper of Avignon La Gazette Provençale for September 17, 1954, it is said that "about three weeks ago" this same newspaper had reported that an artist from Avignon, Mr. Pierre Vignal, had seen a flying saucer circling above the city.

Reports:

[Ref. lgp2:] NEWSPAPER "LA GAZETTE PROVENCALE":

Scan

THE SAUCER

In his editorial published this morning in "Le Provençal", Théophraste complains that in Avignon no citizen has seen a flying saucer.

If Théophraste had read "La Gazette Provençale", about three weeks ago he would have learned that an artist from Avignon, Mr. Pierre Vignal, had seen a flying saucer circling above the city.

Théophraste has an excuse. He was not in Avignon three weeks ago, but in Cannes, where he was spending his holidays.

DON JOSE

Explanations:

Map.

Totally insufficient information, possible helicopter.

Keywords:

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

Avignon, Vaucluse, Pierre Vignal, saucer, circling, artist

Sources:

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Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross August 17, 2021 First published, [lgp2].

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