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October 1, 1954, Vierzon-Bourgneuf, Cher:

Reference for this case: 1-Oct-54-Vierzon-Bourgneuf.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The regional newspaper Le Berry Républicain, of Bourges, reported on October 5, 1954, that two young boys in the class of Mr. Chataigne, director of the school of Vierzon-Bourgneuf, had said they had seen flying saucers, and made a complete description to their teacher.

One of the observations was that of the young Alain Baumgarten who had seen on "Thursday" (so on September 30, 1954) around 10:30, with some of his classmates, "a craft moving in the sky."

Then, "Friday night", so on October 1, 1954, around 07:00 p.m., the young Jean Rousseau, from his parents' garden, reportedly saw "a luminous machine, which, after making a turn on itself, rose at high speed."

Reports:

[Ref. lbr1:] "LE BERRY REPUBLICAIN" NEWSPAPER:

Two young boys of the class of Mr. Chataigne, principal of the Vierzon-Bourgneuf school, claim to have seen flying saucers and made a complete description to their teacher. First of all, the young Alain Baumgarten saw, Thursday towards 10:30 a.m., with some comrades of his class, a machine moving in the sky.

Finally, Friday evening at 19:00 p.m., it is the young Jean Rousseau who, in the garden of his parents, saw a luminous machine, which, after having made a turn on itself rose at high speed.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Cher in Vierzon on October 1, 1954 at 19:00 hours "a child observes in his parents' garden a luminous object which after having made a turn on itself rises at high speed."

The source is indicated as "Lumières dans la Nuit".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 1 October 1954 at 19:00, in Vierzon, France, an "unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness."

The source is indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).

[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
19541001 01.10.1954 Vierzon France 19.00 NL

Explanations:

Map.

Of course this was quite possibly a helicopter.

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Vierzon-Bourgneuf, Cher, evening, Jean Rousseau, kid, garden, luminous, machine, rotation, manoeuver, fast

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross May 16, 2003 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross February 12, 2009 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1], [uda1].
1.1 Patrick Gross December 26, 2016 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross July 22, 2019 Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."

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