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Beginning of October, 1954, Cissac, 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 that October 8, 1954, therefore, at 08:30 p.m., in Cissac, Miss Ducasse, Mr. Couty and other witnesses saw a red incandescent disc quite far towards Carcan, in the Southwest. There would have been "several minutes of maneuvers", then a descent towards the horizon, accompanied by a reddish trail.

Reports:

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

Before October 8, 1954 08:30 p.m. Cissac BA V3 Axe 5

Witnesses: Miss Ducasse, Mr. Couty and other witnesses.

Incandescent red disc rather distant in the direction of Carcan (S.W.). Several minutes of evolution, then descent to the horizon, accompanied by a reddish trail.

S.O. October 8, 54

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

BEFORE 08 OCTOBER 1954 8:30 p.m. Cissac BA/V 3

Witnesses: several including Miss DUCASSE and ... COUTY. Incandescent red disc quite far in the direction of CARCANS (SW.) Several minutes of displacement, then descent towards the horizon accompanied by a reddish trail.

(S.O. October 8, 1954)

Note: "HA" stands for "High Altitude"; "V 2" stands for "bad observation", a report for which it is difficult to rule out a misinterpretation.

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

10/7/54

08:30 p.m.

Cissac

107V31

T07

Explanations:

The report is quite poor; but the "disc" was probable a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Cissac, Gironde, night, Ducasse, Couty, multiple, disc, red, incandescent, distant, direction, duration, maneuver, descent, horizon, trail, reddish

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 23, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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