France 1954 ▶ Home ☰

Cette page en français

The 1954 French flap:

The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.

◀ Previous  All  Next ▶

October 3, 1954, Lusignan, Vienne:

Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Lusignan.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

Aimé Michel indicated in his 1958 book, without giving its source, that on October 3, 1954, at a late hour of the night and a few minutes after an observation in Leignes-sur-Fontaine (50 km further East), an object rigorously identical to that of Leignes-sur -Fontaine, that is to say, red and bright, was seen in Lusignan, in the Vienne department.

The two witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Dutaud, who saw him approach, then stop. They noted that it had an elliptical shape, and compared it to an egg.

At that moment, other witnesses, a group composed of Miss Giebeck and Robin, Mr. and Mrs. Vion, saw him at the same time as the first witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Dutaud, go "vertically" taking the shape of a crescent."

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel indicates that on October 3, 1954, at a time well advanced in the night and a few minutes after an observation with Leignes-sur-Fontaine, an object strictly identical to that of Leignes-sur-Fontaine, i.e. red and luminous, is seen in Lusignan in the Vienne.

The two witnesses are Mr. and Mrs. Dutaud, who see it approaching, then to stop. They note that it then has an elliptical shape that they compared to an egg.

At this time, other witnesses, in a group made up of Misses Giebeck and Robin, Mr. and Mrs. Vion, see it at the same time as the first witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Dutaud, as it left vertically "taking a crescent shape."

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. fle1:] FERNAND LAGARDE:

The ufologist Fernand Lagarde believed he found a connection between the locations of UFO sightings and the locations of earthquakes or geological faults.

He published a map centered on the Charente-Maritime department, with parts of the surrounding departments, with these cases (his list is incomplete) represented, all dates October 1954:

"N 150 between Saintes and Royan 10.54"
"Taupignac 10.54"
"Pont L'Abbé 10.54"
"St Savinien 10.54"
"Birac 10.54"
"Soudran 10.54"
"Tourriers 10.54"
"Angouleme 10.54"
"Puymoyen 10.54"
"Marcillac 10.54"
"Nessier 10.54"
"Béruge 10.54"
"Lusignan 10.54"
"St Maixent 10.54"
"Niort 10.54"
"La Rochelle 10.54"
"Angles 10.54"
"Luçon 10.54"

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

[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Vienne in Lusignan, on October 3, 1954 at a late hour in the night and a few minutes after an observation in Leignes-sur-Fountain, a rigorously identical object - to the one in Leignes-on-Fountain, i.e. red and luminous, is seen in Lusignan. The two witnesses see it approaching, then stop. They then note that it has an elliptic form and compare it to an egg. At this time, four other witnesses see it at the same time as the first witnesses left at the vertical "taking a crescent shape."

Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 3 October 1954 23:00, in Lusignan, France, a hovering object was observed. "Multiple independent witnesses. One object was observed by five witnesses on a farm (Dutaud; Sasamajou; Voudon)."

The sources are indicated as Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958; 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); Newspaper Clippings; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. dcn1] DOMINIQUE CAUDRON:

Dominique Caudron indicates that the catalogue of 800 cases published in 1970 by Maurice Santos, is a good example of what one should not do; he indicates to extract from it the list of the cases of October 3, 1954; which he knows well as he had investigated into these cases of his area of Nord. For each case, below the text of the Santos catalogue, he states what should have been written, and the explanation after analysis, when there is one.

Santos wrote that this case #555 of "Various Forms" of October 3, 1954, in Lusignan was a observation of an Unknown Flying Object in the shape of crescent.

Dominique Caudron says that at a late hour of the night in Lusignan, 86, it was a luminous red egg; which other witnesses would see taking the shape of a crescent. He adds that there are not other sources than Aimé Michel.

He notes that the numbering of the cases by Santos seemed a good idea, but that it prevents the evolution of the catalogue, whose numbering becomes incoherent at the first update: "For example, this catalogue contains only 10 cases for the area of the Nord, whereas we know 48 of them. How to place the 38 others?"

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded this case 5 times:

Explanations:

The hours given in the five double-entries of [ubk1] are of course imaginary. We only know it was late in the night.

In the area of Lusignan (46° 26' North 07° 30' East) in the evening of October 3, 1954, the moon set down at 10:22 p.m.; which means that in that part of the night, it was very low. 37.4% of its surface was then lit, which makes a shape of crescent, or egg shape if it was seen thought some fog or clouds at this moment.

A red moon may have been the explanation - I also note that Mars was low and quite visible. But one then has to consider that the departure at the vertial is an invention, maybe from the witnesses, or from the first source - unknown - reporting their sighting.

Keywords:

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

Lusignan, Vienne, red, egg shaped, ovoid, luminous, red, vertically, multiple, elliptical, night, stop, manoeuvers, crescent

Sources:

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

• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
• [aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S. G. Phillips publisher, USA, page 130, 1958.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
• [gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 11, the 1950's.
• [aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes - Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, pages 163,166, France, 1966.
• [fle1] Map by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #92, cover page, January / February 1968.
• [fle1] "Détails justificatifs de l'article "M.O.C. SEISMES ET FAILLES"", article by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #93, page 4, March / April 1968.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, pages 178,181, 1976.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, pages 178,181, 1976.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 250, 1978.
• [gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
• [fle1] Map by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #275-276, page 20, May / June 1987.
• [fle1] "Détails justificatifs de l'article "M.O.C. SEISMES ET FAILLES", article by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #275-276, page 24, May / June 1987.
• [lgs1] "The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse - UFOs: a History - 1954 October - Supplemental notes", by Loren Gross, USA, pp 7-8, 2002.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [----] Catalogue by Maurice Santos.
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=500
• [uda1] "3 Oct 1954 - Lusignan, France", web page at the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021883.htm
• [dcn1] "Le catalogue qu'il ne fallait pas faire", web page by Dominique Caudron, France, not dated, found in 2016, at oncle-dom.fr/paranormal/ovni/ufologie/santos.htm
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Feedback  |  Top  |  Back  |  Forward  |  Map  |  List |  Home

This page was last updated on April 3, 2022.