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The 1954 French flap:

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1954, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques:

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

Summary:

The US pioneering ufologist Donald Keyhoe reported in his 1973 book, that in 1954, a French test pilot for the Fouga plane manifacturer saw a circular machine over the city of Pau. As it climbed toward him, a blow of heat hit him. On the verge of losing consciousness, he dove to a cooler air. The UFO made no attempt to follow him down.

A small problem here is that it actually happened in 1953.

Reports:

[Ref. dke1:] DONALD KEYHOE:

In 1954, a French test pilot for the Fouga Aircraft Company saw a circular machine over the city of Pau. As he climbed toward it a heat blast hit him. On the verge of passing out he dived into cooler air. The UFO made no attempt to follow him down.

[Ref. mcn1:] MARK CASHMAN:

PAU, FRANCE

1954

A test pilot for the Fouga Aircraft Company of Pau, in the Lower Pyrenees tried to approach a UFO which was hovering near the city. He was forced to turn his aircraft away because of the intense heat which built up in the cockpit.

[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
19540000 00.00.1954 Pau France CE I

Explanations:

Map.

The date is in error: it is said to have happened in 1953. (cf. Jimmy Guieu, "Black-out sur les soucoupes volantes.")

Keywords:

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

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, aircraft, pilot, Fouga, hovering, heat

Sources:

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Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross September 24, 2004 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross March 5, 2010 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1 Patrick Gross February 5, 2017 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross June 14, 2019 Addition du Résumé.

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