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Reference for this case: 1-Oct-54-Vierzon-Bourgneuf.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
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."
[Ref. brn1:] NEWSPAPER "LE BERRY REPUBLICAIN":
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On Friday, around 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Rousselet, residing at the "Moulin de l'Oie" farm in La Guerche, was closing the shutters of her house when she saw a large luminous ball in the sky, reddish in color, which at times took the shape of a cigar. In the middle of the ball, she noticed what appeared to be small filaments. This event was also witnessed by Mrs. Villepreux, the lock keeper at the "L'Oie" lock.
On Sunday, around 2 a.m., young Marcel Debrade, returning from Bourges by train and heading to his parents' home at the "Geal" estate, also observed a flying saucer on the "Claurie" hill. This time, however, the object resembled a coffee cup and was greenish in color.
The young man specified that the road and fields were illuminated, and as soon as the object appeared, everything suddenly plunged into darkness.
On Sunday evening, popular cycling champion Robert Verdenal was returning around 9 p.m. from La Chapelle-Hugon and heading to Grossouvre when, suddenly, a circular shape brightly lit with fiery red glows appeared in the sky ahead of him. The object seemed to hover for a few seconds before suddenly disappearing toward the East. It should be noted that Robert Verdenal was not alone and asserts that he was not experiencing a hallucination.
Two young students from the class of Mr. Chataignier, director of the Vierzon-Bourgneuf school, claim to have seen flying saucers and provided a detailed description to their director. First, young Alain Baumgarten, living in La Petite Loeuf, along with some friends, was stunned when he spotted an object moving through the sky on Thursday morning around 10:30 a.m.
Then, on Friday evening around 7 p.m., young Jean Rousseau saw a luminous object in his parents' garden, which spun around itself before rapidly ascending into the sky.
Should we place much importance on what imaginative children say at their age? They saw something, and to them, that’s all that matters!
On Saturday around 8 p.m., Mrs. Estève Michel, Mr. Jean Bureau, Mr. Gustave Gadoin, and several other residents of Rians observed for about 15 minutes a luminous ball in the direction of Sainte-Solange, which slowly descended vertically. Then, near the horizon, it moved to the right before disappearing. The observers cannot confirm that it was a flying saucer, but given how frequently these luminous objects are reported, it would be easy to label it as such. Will we soon get the explanation everyone is waiting for?
Last Sunday, Mr. Jules Prunget, secretary of the town hall in Pommiers (Indre), was in his garden when his attention was drawn to a very bright yellow-orange object moving from north to south at high speed about 600 meters above the ground. Mrs. Nicaud, who was standing at her door, also saw this strange sight. She described the object as cigar-shaped, about three meters long, with the front larger than the back. No noise or smoke came from it. It was visible for only a few seconds.
The sky over Château-Chinon, according to testimony from five people whose sincerity is beyond doubt, was crossed by one of these mysterious luminous objects now widely known as flying saucers.
The strange sighting occurred around 9 p.m.. This time, the object appeared as an oval-shaped luminous patch seemingly moving at a very high altitude in the sky. At one point, the patch seemed to split into two parts, and each part began spinning rapidly, changing colors several times. Then, it faded, and after a few minutes, the luminous patch reappeared, split again, and started spinning. This phenomenon repeated itself five times before the eyes of the five witnesses.
[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 |
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19541001 | 01.10.1954 | Vierzon | France | 19.00 | NL |
[Ref. jqy1:] JEAN DE QUERCY:
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18/12 - 1954 on 02 October - Rians
Around 7:00 p.m. the young Jean Rousseau, who, in his parents' garden, saw a luminous machine which, after having made a turn on itself, rose at high speed.
(Source: Le Berry Républicain for 05 October 1954 p.3)
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Of course this was quite possibly a helicopter.
(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
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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." |