ufo - UFOS at close sight: the 1954 French flap, September 18, Le Mas-Neuf, Lozère

Reference for this case: 18-Sep-54-Le Mas-Neuf.
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Summary:

In the 1950s, a French archivist who was interested in the "flying saucers", Guy Quincy, drew up a typewriten catalog, of which he distributed a few copies.

There, he noted an observation in France on September 18, 1954, at an unknown hour, at "Le Mas-Neuf", a place he wondered whether it was in the Ardèche department or the Lozère department.

I only found in the youth magazine Benjamin for October 31, 1954, a mention that in Le Mas-Neuf, Lozère department, on September 18, 1954, Mr. Jean Madrigal saw a bright object fall from the sky, performing frightening zigzags.

Reports:

- EPINAL. - A young butcher boy said he saw a spherical craft of ochre color, encircled by a darker ring.

- LA ROCHELLE. - While driving his car, Mr. Picaud, brewery director, saw a disc moving at low altitude on the horizon.

- LANGEAC (Haute-Loire). - A white glow crossed the sky and was seen by several residents.

- LILLE. - On September 29, a resident of Wimereux, Mr. Raoul Baptiste, 72, a contractor, stated he had seen a saucer at low altitude, heading north.

- LE MAS-NEUF (Lozère). - On September 18, Mr. Jean Madrigal saw a bright object fall from the sky, performing frightening zigzags.

- LE PUY. - On September 24, Mrs. Chaunard saw a red flying cigar, motionless for a quarter of an hour, then it suddenly disappeared. On the 26th, Mr. Mallet, a hotel owner, also spotted one.

- LOUDES (Haute-Loire). - On September 22, a strange craft, described differently by the witnesses, passed through the sky.

- LODEVE (Hérault). - Mr. Hugounenq, an accountant, his wife, and a retired nurse, Miss Marguerite Phallip, saw a flying red fireball.

- NANCY. - On September 24, several DOZENS of workers from Sidelor, especially those living in Fontaine-les-Baroches (Meurthe-et-Moselle), saw six flying cigars.

- ORIGNY (Aisne). - The director of a basketry factory, Mr. Chovel, his wife, and Mr. Sdraulig, his father-in-law, saw at night an orange craft that gradually turned red before disappearing at lightning speed.

- METZ. - On September 22, the rural policeman of Oberdorf informed the gendarmerie that he had seen a flaming craft traveling in zigzags at high speed.

- ORGENOY (Seine-et-Marne). - Mr. Raymond Ravot, butcher-delicatessen owner from Saint-Fargeau, and his daughter Odette noticed a ball of fire moving slowly toward Versailles. Mr. Ravot alerted the town crier of Ponthierry and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Georges Binet. Together, they saw the craft again.

- SAINT-ETIENNE. - Several residents of Paray-le-Monial noticed on September 21 a large pinkish tube.

- SAINT-FARGEAU. - A ball of fire was seen by Mr. Poulard and his wife. Mr. Poulard works at the National Institute of Patents and Inventions. Mrs. Gaumundi, from Paris, traveling in the same area, saw the same craft.

- TULLE (Corrèze). - Mr. Besse, an engineer with the French Electricity Board, claimed to have seen a saucer turn pink, then green, then yellow.

- VICHY. - A flying cigar was reported by several people, notably by rugby players training at the Vichy stadium.

September 18, [1954]

?: Le Mas-Neuf (Ardèche? Lozère?)

Explanations:

It is impossible for me to specify the location for now; there are localities, farms, called "Le Mas-Neuf" in the Ardèche and Lozère departments, and in many other departments.

With the source [ben1] that I just found, it appears that the locality is in the Lozère department.

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 11, 2021	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	September 3, 2025	Addition [ben1]. Additio of the information from [ben1] in the Summary; addition of the "Update on September 3, 2025" part in the Explanations.

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