The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 26-oct-54-Châteaudun.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The regional newspaper La République du Centre for October 28, 1954, reported that in Châteaudun, several railway workers and two employees of the S.N.C.A.N. saw a luminous ball on the tracks, near the crossing of the road of Orleans.
Believing in a hoax, they ran towards the machine, but it began to move, veered into a field and "vanished."
[Ref. lrc1:] "LA REPUBLIQUE DU CENTRE" NEWSPAPER:
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Several railwaymen and two employees of the S.N.C.A.N. saw a luminous ball on the railways, close to the level crossing of the road of Orleans. Believing in a mystification, they ran towards the machine, but it started moving, veered into a field and... vanished. |
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
Jean Sider indicates that on October 26, 1954, in the evening, in Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, several railway workers and two employees of the SNCAN of which no name is given saw a luminous ball on the tracks, close to the crossing from the Orléans road. Believing in a hoax, they ran towards the craft, but it departed, swayed into a field and vanished.
Jean Sider indicates that this comes from the local source "La République du Centre, Orléans, October 28, 1954, p.?"
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4286: 1954/10/26 18:00 1 1:20:00 E 48:05:00 N 3332 WEU FRN E&L 6:8
CHATEAUDUN,FR:SVRL RR MEN RUN twrd LUMn.BALL OVR TRACKS:>OUT OVR FLD+VANISHES!
Ref#217 Jean SIDER: Le DOSSIER 1954 (2 vol.) Page No. 122 : ROAD+RAILS
[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:
Encounters with Aliens On this Day
October 26
[...]
1954 - At 6:00 p.m. several railroad workers in Chateaudun, Eure-et-Loir, France ran toward a luminous ball of light over the railroad tracks. It floated out over a field and then vanished. (Source: Jean Sider, Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste, p. 122).
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[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Eure et Loir in Chateaudun on October 26, 1954 at an unknown hour, "Several railwaymen and two employees of the S.N.C.A.N. saw a luminous ball on the railways, close to the railway crossing of the road of Orleans. Believing in a mystification, they ran towards the craft, but it started to move, obliqued in a field and... disappears."
The source is noted as "Les OVNI vus de près by Gross Patrick ** http://ufologie.net".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 26 October 1954 at 18:00 in Chateaudun, France "Railroad Workers incident." And: "Several railroad workers run toward luminous ball of light over railroad tracks. It floats out over field and vanishes."
And: "An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One luminous ball was observed by several male witnesses on a railroad for over one minute."
The source is indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
*Oct. 26, 1954 - At 6:00 p.m. several railroad workers in Chateaudun, Eure-et-Loir, France ran toward a luminous ball of light over the railroad tracks. It floated out over a field and then vanished. (Source: Jean Sider, Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste, p. 122).
[Ref. jqy1:] JEAN DE QUERCY:
Several railway workers and two SNCAN employees saw a luminous ball on the tracks near the level crossing on the Route d'Orléans. Believing it was a prank, they ran towards the craft, but it started moving, veered into a field and disappeared.
(Source: La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest for October 28, 1954)
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This is a "very low strangeness" case: people see a light, it goes away. It could have been anything from a car headlight to train headlights or a helicopter or a meteor or...
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, multiple, anonymous, station, railway, ball, luminous, railway crossing, landing, movement
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 4, 2004 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 20, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [djn1], [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 15, 2014 | Addition [nip1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 23, 2018 | Additions [jsr1], [lhh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | May 18, 2022 | Addition [jqy1]. |
