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October 14, 1954, Saulieu, Côte-d'Or:

Reference for this case: 14-Oct-54-Saulieu.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

According to the regional newspaper La Bourgogne Républicaine, of Dijon, on page 4 for October 20, 1954:

Thursday, around 5 p.m., Mr. Boyau, a shoemaker in Saulieu and his wife, was traveling on the R.N. 6 by car. Going up the Saublot coast, they suddenly saw a ball of fire cross the sky in a westerly direction, at breakneck speed. In the short time they took to complete the climb, the machine was already very far away and appeared in a rather elongated form. Was it a saucer or a flying cigar? It is certain, in any case, that this phenomenon comes out of the natural.

In his 1958 book on the flying saucer wave of 1954 in France, Aimé Michel, referring to what he thought was a "score of good observations" of October 14, 1954, noted that 16 of these took place between 6 p.m. and nightfall, and that the one most north of the latter took place in Saulieu.

Reports:

[Ref. lbr1:] NEWSPAPER "LA BOURGOGNE REPUBLICAINE":

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SAUCERS IN THE SKY OF SAULIEU?

Saulieu would soon be noticed by his stubbornness in not seeing a saucer. Now this gap is filled.

Thursday, around 5 p.m., Mr. Boyau, a shoemaker in Saulieu and his wife, was traveling on the R.N. 6 by car. Going up the Saublot coast, they suddenly saw a ball of fire cross the sky in a westerly direction, at breakneck speed. In the short time they took to complete the climb, the machine was already very far away and appeared in a rather elongated form. Was it a saucer or a flying cigar? It is certain, in any case, that this phenomenon comes out of the natural.

Saturday, around 10 p.m., five people were returning from Pouilly-en-Auxois by car. Arrived at the top of the hill of Bras-de-Fer, the occupants of the car suddenly saw a violently illuminated ball followed by a luminous trail of phosphorescent yellow, rise vertically very quickly and then move towards the south. at very high speed. The time for the driver to stop the machine had disappeared behind a hill, to the left of the road.

One of the people, particularly worthy of faith, who witnessed the passage of the luminous ball, assured us that he had never seen anything like it until then and that it is undoubtedly a a craft, saucer or cigar, whose appearance is reported everywhere.

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Referring to what he thought was a "score of good observations" in France of October 14, 1954, Aimé Michel noted that 16 of these took place between 6 p.m. and nightfall, and that the one most north of the latter took place in Saulieu.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

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October 14 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

? [=unknown hour] : Sailieu (Côte-d'Or)

[... other cases...]

[Ref. mft2:] MICHEL FIGUET:

Nr of the J. C. Fumoux list Nr of Francat list Localization Date Class Credibility Sources Number of W
095 222 Saulieu 16/10 CE0 TD 4-p. 203 +T

[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:

This ufologist noted:

CASE Nr CLASSIFICATION DATE HOUR PLACE ZIP CODE CREDIBILITY SOURCE
222 CEl 16 10 1954 22.00 Saulieu 21 210 A5 NI-RS, OVNI: p.175

Explanations:

Map.

Compatible with the place and time and by the description for the October 14, 1954, 06:10 p.m. meteor.

Keywords:

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

Saulieu, Côte-d'Or, afternoon, Boyau, shoemaker, car, ball, fire, luminous, direction, fast, elongated, trail

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross July 2, 2019 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross July 17, 2019 Additions [mft1], [mft2].
1.2 Patrick Gross February 27, 2021 Addition [lbr1]. In the Explanation, removal of "Totally insufficient information, but ", additoin of "and by the description ". In the Summary, addition of the information from [lbr1].
1.3 Patrick Gross May 7, 2022 Addition [gqy1].

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