The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 26-Oct-54-Chaumergy.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
According to a US website of the 2000's, French ufologist Jacques Vallée noted in his computerized catalog that there was an observation on October 26, 1954, at 07:45 p.m., in Chaumergy, by a single witness, of an object that had an "appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation."
A German ufology Web database then recorded this case, but without mention of a likely conventional explanation and without citing any source.
In 2025, I was able to find a contemporary source for this case, the regional newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine for October 30, 1954.
This newspaper reported that, according to their correspondent in Chaumergy, on October 26, 1954, around 7:45 p.m., Mr. Robert Lhuillier from Francheville in the Jura was returning by motorcycle from Bois-de-Gand when he very clearly saw a luminous disc leaving an orange trail, moving very quickly from southeast to northwest at a medium altitude.
This newspaper added that he had followed it with his eyes "for a while," until it disappeared behind the woods.
[Ref. lbr1:] NEWSPAPER "LA BOURGOGNE REPUBLICAINE":
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Chaumergy (from our correspondent). -- Tuesday evening around 7:45 p.m., Mr. Robert Lhuillier, from Francheville (Jura), was returning by motorcycle from Bois-de-Gand when he very clearly saw a luminous disc leaving an orange trail, moving very quickly from southeast to northwest at a medium altitude.
He followed it with his eyes for quite a while until it disappeared behind the woods.
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 26 October 1954 at 19:45 in Chaumergy, Gand, 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":
This database recorded this case twice:
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541026 | 26.10.1954 | Chaumergy | France | 19.45 | NL |
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Obvious description of a meteor.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Chaumergy, Jura
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 25, 2010 | First published, [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | March 6, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | April 19, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | October 17, 2025 | Addition [lbr1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [lbr1]. Explanations changed, were "No strangeness, totally insufficient information." |
