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September 19, 1954, Montluçon, Allier:

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

Summary:

French ufologist Aimé Michel noted in his 1958 book that on September 19, 1954, after 04:30 p.m. and before 05:00 p.m., a number of people observed from Montluçon a circular flying object during two minutes.

Michel said it was "similar to the previous observations" of that day.

Reports:

[Ref. am1:] AIME MICHEL:

French ufologist Aimé Michel notes that on September 19, 1954, after 04:30 p.m. and before 05:00 p.m., a number of people observed from Montluçon a circular flying object during two minutes.

Michel said it was "similar to the previous observations" of that day.

[Ref. jv5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

126

-002.59821

46.34100

1954

202

MONTLUCON-ALLIER

1516

091

[Ref. io1:] "INFO-OVNI" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

023 09/19/54 04:45 p.m. Montluçon
Observation noted in the Quincy report (?)

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

3796: 1954/09/19 17:00 2 2:36:00 E 46:20:40 N 3333 WEU FRN ALR 6:A

MONTLUCON,FR:MANY OBS:GREY MTLC SCR HOVERS+MANEUVERS:NFD:/Aime Michele [sic]

Ref# 49 MICHEL,Aime: FS & STRAIGHT LINE TH: Page No. 62 : TOWN &CITY

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Allier in Montlucon on September 19, 1954 at 16:30 hours there was an "Observation of a flat and gray circular object by many witnesses."

The source is indicated as "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. ub1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded this case three times:

Case Nr.	Date of observation	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation
19540919	19.09.1954	Montlucon	France	17.00
19540919	19.09.1954	Montlucon	France	17.00
19540919	19.09.1954	Montlucon	France	17.00

Explanations:

Insufficient information, possible meteor.

Keywords:

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

Montluçon, Allier, multiple, object, flying, circular, duration

Sources:

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

[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[am1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[---] Ufologue Guy Quincy, France.
[jv5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
[am1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes - Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, page 78, 1966.
[io1] "Un demi-siècle d'activités O.V.N.I. dans l'Allier", catalog in the ufology magazine INFO-OVNI, France, special issue, page 4, December 1975.
[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 85, 1977.
[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 85, 1977.
[jv5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 248, 1978.
[lh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[lc1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2298
[ub1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	July 11, 2004	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 5, 2010	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lc1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 17, 2010	Addition [jv5].
1.2	Patrick Gross	January 29, 2017	Addition [ub1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	June 26, 2019	Additions [io1], [lh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."

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