The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: Mid-Oct-54-Ligny-le-Chatel.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #320 for September 1993, and in his 1997 book on the French wave of 1954, author Jean Sider quoted an article from the newspaper L'Yonne Républicaine, of Auxerre, for October 20, 1954, page 4: which reported:
"A correspondent alerts us about several people that saw a strange object in the meadows, in various places, several days in continuation, on the side of Ligny-le-Châtel and Varennes. We will try to check this information and to communicate the results as soon as possible."
Jean Sider noted that the article was followed by a call for witnesses "in case of extraordinary appearances" on the initiative of Charles Garreau, journalist and ufologist. Jean Sider indicated he did not find any follow-up on this in later newspapers.
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
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mid-October, unknown hour, Ligny-le-Châtel and Varennes, Yonne
According to a correspondent of the newspaper, several people saw an unusual object, in the meadows, in various places and for several days in a row.
source: L'Yonne Républicaine, Auxerre, 10/20/54, p.4
[Ref. jsr2:] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist and author Jean Sider quotes an article from the newspaper Yonne Républicaine, of Auxerre, for October 20, 1954, on page 4:
"A correspondent alerts us about several people that saw a strange object in the meadows, in various places, several days in continuation, on the side of Ligny-le-Châtel and Varennes. We will try to check this information and to communicate the results as soon as possible."
Jean Sider notes that the article was followed of a call to witnesses "in the event of extraordinary appearances" on the initiative of Charles Garreau, journalist, and ufologist. Jean Sider however did not find any follow-up on this matter in the next newspapers.
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Yonne in Ligny Châtel in October 1954 at an unknown hour there was an "Observation during several days in a row of a strange object in the meadows in various places."
The source is indicated as "Lumières dans la Nuit".
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The case is obviously very vaguely document, without description of what was seen.
This makes me assess this case as "unidentified, totally insufficient information."
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Ligny-le-Chatel, Yonne, Varennes, object, meadow
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 17, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 1, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 19, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | January 26, 2020 | Addition [jsr1]. In the Summary, change of "In his 1997 book" to "In the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #320 for September 1993, and in his 1997 book". |
