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September 20, 1954, Besançon, Doubs:

Reference number for this case: 20-Sep-54-Besançon. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Reports:

[Ref. am1:] AIME MICHEL:

L'ufologue français Aimé Michel note dans cette référence qu'il y a eu une observation assez vague le 20 septembre 1954 à Besançon, dans le Doubs.

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Doubs in Besançon on September 20, 1954, at an unknown hour, there was an "Observation of an object (without precision)".

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

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 20 September 1954 in Besancon, France, there was a UFO sighting.

The sources are indicated as Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958, and Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).

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

This database recrded the case twice:

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19540920			20.09.1954		Besancon	France
19540920			20.09.1954		Besancon	France

Explanations:

Not looked for yet.

Keywords:

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Besançon, Doubs

Sources:

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

[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1956.
[am1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1956.
[am1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, 1969.
[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 86, 1956.
[lc1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=2&page=27&numobs=2301
[ud1] "20 Sep 1954 - Besancon, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021027.htm
[ub1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 11, 2010	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 29, 2017	Addition [ub1].

This page was last updated on January 29, 2017.