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Reference for this case: 20-Jul-54-Troyes.
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The regional newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine for July 23, 1954, reported that on July 20, 1954, around 4 p.m., Mr. Lucas, director of the Juvénal des Ursins Clinic on Rue Champeaux in Troyes, was in his office when he was called by one of his employees.
Mr. Lucas thus rushed into the courtyard and, following the direction indicated by his employee's arm, saw an unusual craft moving in the clear blue sky.
Together with Doctors Guny, Bertrand, and several members of the clinic's staff, Mr. Lucas observed the movement of this craft, which was visibly rotating on itself, surrounded by a kind of green halo, and looked nothing like an airplane.
This craft gradually rose and was eventually lost from sight.
The local newspaper L'Echo Nogentais for July 24, 1954, noted:
"Is it a mirage? Tuesday [thus July 20, 2954], at about 4 p.m., flying saucers were seen in the sky of Troyes."
Jacques Vallée noted in a computer catalog a case of UFO of July 21, 1954, at 4 p.m., in Troyes. There was no other information and no source reference.
In 2019, on the Web, a Web page on observations in the Aube department was published by one Jacques Schweitzer. It aid that on July 20, 1954, at 4 p.m., in Troyes, nine people had observed an extremely brilliant ball that turned on itself, and that this observation was confirmed by the director of the Juvénal-des-Ursins clinic who had installed an observatory on the roof of his establishment.
[Ref. lbr1:] NEWSPAPER "LA BOURGOGNE REPUBLICAINE":
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On Tuesday, around 4 p.m., Mr. Lucas, director of the Juvénal des Ursins Clinic on Rue Champeaux in Troyes, was in his office when he was suddenly called by one of his employees.
"Sir, come quickly."
Mr. Lucas rushed into the courtyard, and his eyes followed the direction indicated by his employee's arm.
In the clear blue sky, an unusual craft was moving about.
Together with Doctors Guny, Bertrand, and several members of the clinic's staff, Mr. Lucas observed the movement of the craft, which was visibly rotating on itself, surrounded by a sort of green halo, and looked nothing like an airplane.
It rose gradually and then completely disappeared.
Mr. Lucas regretted not having a camera at hand, as he could have captured on film the mysterious craft, which exactly matched the descriptions of flying saucers reported by the American army.
[Ref. ens1:] "L'ECHO NOGENTAIS" NEWSPAPER:
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Is it a mirage? Tuesday, at about 4 p.m., flying saucers were seen in the sky of Troyes.
[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:
| 107 | -004.07790 | 48.29940 | 21 | 07 | 1954 | 16 | 00 | 1 | TROYES | F | 1516 | D |
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on July 21, 1954, in Troyes, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by six witnesses."
The sources are indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01)".
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
The sighting was recorded twice in this database:
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19540721 | 21.07.1954 | Troyes | France | 16.00 | ||||||
| 19540721 | 21.07.1954 | Troyes | France | 16.00 |
[Ref. jcr1:] JACQUES SCHWEITZER:
On July 20, 1954 at 4 p.m., in Troyes, 9 people observe an extremely brilliant ball turning on itself. The observation is confirmed by the director of the Juvénal-des-Ursins clinic who installed, on the roof of his establishment, an observatory.
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This was a multiple witnesses daytime sighting of a phenomenon that resembled no earthly aircraft or device, and resembled no natural phenomenon.
Unfortunately, there is no mention of the sighting duration, the angular size, etc.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Troyes, Aube, multiple, Lucas, Guny, Bertrand, Doctors, clinic, craft, rising, Juvénal des Ursins, clinic, Rue Champeaux, daytime, day, rotating, spinning, green, halo
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 5, 2010 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | June 17, 2010 | Addition [jve5]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 3, 2016 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | July 2, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | December 12, 2019 | Addition [jcr1]. in the Summary, addition of the paragraph "In 2019, on the Web..." |
| 1.5 | Patrick Gross | October 17, 2025 | Addition [lbr1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [lbr1]. Explanations changed, were "Totally insufficient information." |
