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Reference for this case: 10-Oct-54-Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.
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In a catalog of observations for the department of Allier in the ufology magazine Ouranos New Series #7 of the 2nd quarter of 1973, one learns that on Sunday, October 10, 1954, at 06:10 p.m. in Saint-Pourçoin-sur-Sioule, towards the bridge over the Sioule, Mr. Portillo saw above the the Briailles hillock a luminous disc of 2 to 3 meters in diameter moving rapidly toward Vichy and Clermont-Ferrand.
The source is said to be the newspaper La Montagne, of Aurillac, for October 13, 1954.
[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
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10/10/1954 Saint-Pourçoin-sur-Sioule (06:10 p.m.).
That Sunday, towards the bridge over the Sioule, Mr. Portillo saw above the mound of Briailles a luminous disc of 2 to 3 m in diameter moving rapidly in the direction of Vichy, Clermont. (La Montagne-Aurillac for 13/10/1954).
[Ref. ldl1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
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October 10 (La Montagne for 12/10) Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 06:30 p.m..
Mr. Portillo, circulating on the bridge of the Sioule, perceived, above the mound of Briailles, a luminous disc of 2 to 3 meters in diameter, moving rapidly toward Vichy-Clermont.
[Ref. ioi1:] "INFO-OVNI" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:
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033 10/l0/54 06:10 p.m. Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Luminous disc of 2 to 3 m in diameter
[Ref. fru1] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule in the department of Allier, on October 10, 1954 at 06:10 p.m., a luminous disc moved quickly towards Vichy. It is said it possibly measured 2 to 3 meters in diameter.
The authors indicate that their source is La Montagne for October 12, 1954.
[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":
| 10-10-54 | - 6 p.m. | St Pourçain sur Sioule - Vichy (Allier) | 100C1 | 3m |
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4050: 1954/10/10 18:10 1 3:18:00 E 46:18:00 N 3333 WEU FRN ALR 6:6
St-POURCAIN-sur-SIOULE,FR:LUM 2-3M SCR >>S FAST TWRD VICHY:NFD:/LDLN#128
Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 145 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Allier in St Pourçain sur Sioule on October 10, 1954 at 18:10 hours "A luminous disc moves quickly for Vichy, it might have measured 2 to 3 meters in diameter."
The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
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Possible meteor or plane.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Allier, luminous, disc, fast
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 12, 2005 | First published, [fru1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 18, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 28, 2011 | A search on the web and in my documentation did not reveal other sources. In "Explanations", addition of "Possible planes". |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 21, 2018 | Additions [ous1], [ldl1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | June 26, 2019 | Additions [ioi1], [lhh1], Summary. |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | May 2, 2022 | Addition [gep1]. |
