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October 11, 1954, Rouen, Seine-Maritime:

Reference for this case: 11-Oct-54-Rouen.
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Summary:

In 1958, ufologist Aimé Michel reported that according to his personal documents, there was an observation on October 11, 1954, in Rouen.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel mentions that there was a case in Rouen on October 11, 1954.

He says the case comes from his personal documents.

He put the sighting location on a map supposed to demonstrate cases are lined up:

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 11 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

? [=unknown hour]: Rouen (Seine-Maritime):lumin.obj.

[... other cases...]

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Seine and Marne in Rouen on October 11, 1954 at an unknown hour, there was observation of an object in the shape of a disc.

The source is noted "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958."

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541011			11.10.1954		Rouen	France

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

[lcn1] indicates with reference to Aimé Michel that it was a "disc-shaped object"; but the latter did not say anything like, he only assured that the observation in Rouen was "aligned" with others of that day.

Keywords:

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Rouen, Seine Maritime

Sources:

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

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publishers, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 15, the 1950's.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes - Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Planète publishers, France, page 199, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publishers, France, page 218, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publishers, France, page 218, 1978.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France website, by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2484
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 20, 2008	First published, [aml1], [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	November 24, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.2	Patrick Gross	February 7, 2021	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 3, 2022	Addition [gqy1].

This page was last updated on May 3, 2022.