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October 1954, Lespignan, Hérault:

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

Summary:

In the 2000s, ufologist Thierry Gaulin indicated that according to Le Midi Libre, in October 1954, in Lespignan and then in Béziers, a "flotilla of cigars" had crossed the sky.

Reports:

[Ref. tgn1:] THIERRY GAULIN, OVNI-LANGUEDOC:

1954 in the Hérault:

[...]

In October, in Lespignan then in Béziers, a "flotilla of cigar" crosses the sky.

[...]

The source fr thoses cases is indicated to be "Midi Libre".

Explanations:

Could have been jet planes.

Béziers is about 8 km in the Northeast of Lespignan.

Keywords:

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

Lespignan, Hérault, cigars, flotilla

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Midi Libre, France, 1954.
[tgn1] "1954 - 2004 - De la Grande Vague à la Commémoration", article by Thierry Gaulin, OVNI-Languedoc, 2004, sur www.studiovni.com/arttg02.htm (page disappeared later.)
[tgn1] "1954-2004: de la grande vague à la commémoration", article by Thierry Gaulin in the UFOmania ufology magazine, Didier Gomez publisher, France, #41, page 26, Fall 2004.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	December 3, 2005	First published, [tgn1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	November 12, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	November 19, 2019	Addition of the Summary.

This page was last updated on November 19, 2019.