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September 27, 1954, Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis:

Reference for this case: 27-sep-54-Bagnolet.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In his 1958 book on the French wave of 1954, Aimé Michel indicated that on September 27, 1954, around 10:45 p.m., there was an observation on the Paris region, with quite a few witnesses including a policeman from Bagnolet.

An object has passed at the zenith, the policeman claiming to have discerned very clearly a flat disc, of greenish white color, surrounded by an orange halo.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

According to the French ufologist Aimé Michel, on the night of September 27, at about 10:45 p.m., an observation occurred in the area of Paris, with quite a number of witnesses including a gendarme [police officer] of Bagnolet. An object went by at the zenith, the gendarme claimed that he has been able to clearly distinguish a flat disc, greenish-white, surrounded by an orange halation.

Aimé Michel notes that this was the last observation for that day in the Paris area.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

Scan.

September 27, 1954]

[... Other cases...]

10:45 p.m.: Bagnolet (arrdt.of Saint-Denis--Seine):

[... Other cases...]

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

09/27/54 (23) Bagnolet F H076 1039V2

[Ref. lgs1] LOREN GROSS:

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10:45 p.m. September 27th.

In the Bagnolet district of Paris a policeman saw a greenish-white saucer cross the sky. Many others in the city reported the same thing. 144.

The source "144" is given as: "Michel, Aime. Flying saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery. p.86."

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Seine Saint Denis (93) in Bagnolet on September 27, 1954 at 22:45 hours, "Rather many witnesses among them a gendarme of Bagnolet observed an object pass at the zenith, the gendarme claiming to have very clearly distinguished a flat, greenish white disc, surrounded by an orange halation."

The source is indicated as: "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[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
19540927 27.09.1954 Bagnolet France 22.45 NL
19540927 27.09.1954 Bagnolet France 22.45 NL

Explanations:

Map.

Possibly the meteor over the Paris region at about 10:00 p.m.

Keywords:

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

Bagnolet, Seine-St-Denis, multiple, gendarme, disc, object, flat, police, white, greenish, orange, halation

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross April 13, 2004 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross February 1, 2010 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1].
1.1 Patrick Gross February 9, 2017 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross July 27, 2019 Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.3 Patrick Gross November 24, 2021 Addition [gqy1].
1.4 Patrick Gross April 7, 2022 Additions [gep1], [lgs1].

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