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Beginning of October, 1954, Blaye, Gironde:

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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 8, 1954, the following observation occurred:

Before October 8, 1954, therefore, at Blaye, Mr. and Mrs. Dubreuilh reportedly saw seen a kind of orange-colored flying "banana", just above the railway station; which disappeared at high speed towards Lamarque in the Southwest while illuminating the horizon of a bright red color similar to a sunset.

Reports:

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

Before October 8, 1954 Blaye BA V4

Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Dubreuilh. Kind of orange color flying "banana", just above the railway station. Disappeared at high speed towards Lamarque (S.W.) illuminating the horizon with a bright red color similar to a sunset.

S.O. for Oct. 8, 54

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

BEFORE 08 OCTOBER 1954 Blaye BA/V 4

Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. DUBREUILH. Kind of a flying, orange "banana" just above the railway station; Disappeared at high speed towards LAMARQUE (SW) illuminating the horizon with a red color.

(S.O. October 08, 1954)

Note: "BA" stands for "Low Altitude"; "V 4" stands for "spacecraft of unknown origin".

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

10/7/54

08:30 p.m.

Blaye-station --> SW

307C2

Explanations:

The information is quite poor, the apparent srangeness very weak. It could have been a meteor, for example.

Keywords:

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

Blaye, Gironde, Dubreuilh, couple, banana, flying, orange, fast, direction, horizon, red

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 8, 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 9, November / December 1975.
[gep1] "Catalogue mondial Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #21, September / December 1980.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 25, 2018	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	April 1, 2022	Addition [gep1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	May 24, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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