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October 14, 1954, Séranon, Alpes-Maritimes:

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

Summary:

In his 1956 book, pioneering ufologist Jimmy Guieu ensured that the flying saucer that landed near Biot on October 14, 1954, at 06:15 p.m. had been seen crisscrossing the sky by a crowd of people, including from Séranon.

Reports:

[Ref. jgu1:] JIMMY GUIEU:

The author indicates that the flying saucer that landed close to Biot on October 14, 1954 at 18:15 was seen furrowing the skies by a crowd of people, in Séranon, among other places.

[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that in Séranon in the Alpes-Maritime, on October 14, 1954, shortly after 06:15 p.m., an object was observed in the sky.

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Alpes Maritime in Séranon on October 14, 1954 at an unknown hour, "Little after eighteen hour fifteen observation of an object in the sky."

The source is noted: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979"

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 14 October 1954 at 18:15 in Seranon, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by several witnesses."

The source is indicated as Guieu, Jimmy, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Citadel, New York, 1956.

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

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541014			14.10.1954		Seranon	France	18.15	NL

Explanations:

The meteor at 06:13 p.m. that day.

Keywords:

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Séranon, Alpes-Maritimes

Sources:

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

[jgu1] "Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Fleuve Noir publisher, France, page 219, 1956.
[jgu1] "Flying Saucers Come from Another World", book by Jimmy Guieu, English version of "Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes", Citadel Press publishers, USA, 1956.
[jgu1] "Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jimmy Guieu, Omnium Littéraire publisher, France, page 219, 1969.
[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 161, 1979.
[uda1] "14 Oct 1954 - Seranon, France", web page at the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf10/uf6/106961.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	May 12, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 8, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [jgu1], [lcn1], [uda1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	February 23, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	July 16, 2019	Addition of the Summary.

This page was last updated on July 16, 2019.