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October 19, 1954, Amiens, Somme:

Reference number for this case: 19-Oct-54-Amiens. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Reports:

[Ref. lh1] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

4208: 1954/10/19 12:00 3 2:18:00 E 49:53:00 N 3333 WEU FRN SMM 7:B

AMIENS,FR:70 OBS:FLAMING OBJ SPINS HIGH/SKY:SHOOTS GREEN BEAMS/LITE:/p34

Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 321 : TOWN &CITY

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

October 19

1954 - At noon 70 people in the city of Amiens, Somme, France saw a fiery object spinning high in sky, shooting out green beams of light. Also, at the same time in Montandon, Haute-Marne, France a teenager saw a saucer-shaped object land by some woods near a pasture. A man wearing a white spacesuit exited the craft. His report was investigated by the police. (Sources: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issues # 321 & 260).

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 19 October 1954 at 12:00 in Amiens, France, "Fiery object spins high in sky, shoots green beams of light." "An unidentified but otherwise conventional object was sighted. One fiery object was observed by 70 witnesses in a city for over three minutes."

The source is indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. ni1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

*Oct. 19, 1954 - At noon 70 people in the city of Amiens, Somme, France saw a fiery object spinning high in sky, shooting out green beams of light. Also, at the same time in Montandon, Haute-Marne, France a teenager saw a saucer-shaped object land by some woods near a pasture. A man wearing a white spacesuit exited the craft. His report was investigated by the police. (Sources: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issues # 321 & 260).

Explanations:

Not looked for yet.

Possible confusion with other case, on October 16, or 18.

Keywords:

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

Amiens, Somme, multiple, day, fiery, spinning, beams, green

Sources:

[---] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.

[---] Ufology magazine Lumières dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #259-260, January/February 1986.
[---] Article by Jean Sider in the ufology magazine Lumières dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #321, 1994.
[lh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[dj1] "Encounters with Aliens on this Day", web page by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/October19.html
[ud1] "19 Oct 1954 - Le Mesnil.Thelle, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf3/023243.htm
[ni1] List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 18, 2010	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 18, 2014	Addition [ni1].

This page was last updated on October 18, 2014.