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Reference number for this case: 21-Sep-54-Saint-Raphael. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. lp1:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:
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A SAUCER
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[Ref. vm1:] "VAR-MATIN REPUBLIQUE" NEWSPAPER:
A flying saucer in the sky of St RaphaëlSt Raphaël, September 22. -- Mr. Denis Giraud, working baker, 22 years old, saw, last night, a flying saucer. Working for Mr. Justin Rabbia, baker on street Marius Allongue, Mr. Giraud was, yesterday morning at 04:30 at the window of the bakehouse of his owner, a window giving on the Garonne and having a sight on the Esterel, when he saw, crossing the sky and moving towards the solid mass of the Esterel, an apparatus of approximately 3 m of circumference, moving very fast and leaving a trail of smoke and a red gleam. It should be noted that this apparatus did not make any noise. Before Mr. Giraud did not have time to realize, the saucer had disappeared across the mounts. |
[Ref. ps1:] PATRICE SERAY:
In connection with sightings in the department of Var in 1954, Patrice Seray notes an unspectacular appearance seen from St Raphaël in the neighbourhoods of September 20: a 22 year old baker, Mr. Giraud, said he observed at about 04:30 a.m. an object of round form of approximately three meters of circumference moving fast while leaving behind a trail of flames. Seray notes the low of strangeness and especially a quite easy to find explanation.
[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Var in St Raphaël on September 21, 1954 at 04:30 hours "The witness is at the window of the bakehouse of his owner, window giving on the Garonne and having a view on the Esterel, when he saw, crossing the sky and moving towards the Esterel, an object of about 3 m of circumference, moving very quickly and leaving a trail of smoke and a red gleam without any noise."
The source is indicated as "Var Matin".
[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 22 September 1954 at 04:30 in St Raphael, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object, about 5 feet across, was observed by one witness."
The source is indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).
[Ref. ub1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
19540922 | 22.09.1954 | St. Raphael | France | NL |
Not looked for yet. Plane or meteor possible.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Saint-Raphael, Var, baker, Denis Giraud, night, fast, trail, smoke, luminous, red, silent
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0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 4, 2007 | First published. |
1.0 | Patrick Gross | January 14, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lc1], [ud1]. |
1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 19, 2011 | Addition [ps1]. |
1.2 | Patrick Gross | January 31, 2017 | Addition [ub1]. |