The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 14-Oct-54-Aubagne.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. lml1:] NEWSPAPER "LE MERIDIONAL":
AUBAGNE (C.P.). -- Yesterday, at 06:15, p.m., residents of Aubagne saw a kind of cigar flying across the sky in the south-north direction. Testimonys coincide as for the color of the craft, green with white reflections.
Some ten employees of the S.N.C.F. station were witnesses of this display.
One of them told us: "I saw a kind of ball, but whose contours were rather vague. I saw it during three seconds approximately."
In addition, Mr. Alexis Artufel, fruit and vegetables wholesaler, told us: "I was at the steering wheel of my car, on the bridge of La Demande, when I saw a kind of rocket having the shape of a cigar suddenly fly fast towards the north; it was of green color with a white halation."
Rest of the article about other sightings available here.
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541014 | 14.10.1954 | Aubagne | France | 18.15 | NL |
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Probably the 06:15 p.m. meteor of that day.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, multiple, Alexis Artufel, SNCF, green, white, craft, object, rocket, cigar, halation, reflections, duration, car, fast
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 11, 2006 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 8, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 25, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
