The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Condom.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In his 1997 book on the French wave of 1954, Jean Sider indicated that the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 20, 1954, reported that in the night from October 16 to 17, 1954, near Condom in the Gers, credible people saw a fireball that paralyzed a young man.
Jean Sider quoted the newspaper like this:
"Within 800 meters of Condom, trustworthy (but anonymous) people saw in the night of Saturday to Sunday a ball of fire which paralysed a young man. No trace were found at the place where the object touched ground."
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
Jean Sider has found in the newspaper "Sud-Ouest" for October 20, 1954, that in the night from October 16 to October 17, 1954, close to Condom in the Gers, credible people saw a ball of fire which paralysed a young man.
He quotes the newspaper:
"Within 800 meters of Condom, trustworthy (but anonymous) people saw in the night of Saturday to Sunday a ball of fire which paralysed a young man. No trace were found at the place where the object touched ground."
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
The author of the database indicates that in the Gers in Condom on October 16, 1954 at an unknown hour "During the night people saw a ball of fire which paralysed a young man."
The source is indicated to be my website: "Les OVNI vus de près by Gross Patrick ** http://ufologie.net" [This URL is the old URL of my home page.]
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This could of course have been a meteor.
There is unfortunately not enough information to confirm or deny it, and the case seems to have never been the subject of any investigation or verification.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Condom, Gers, multiple, ball, fire, effect, paralysis, anonymous
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