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September 23, 1954, Paris, Paris:

Reference for this case: 23-Sep-54-Paris.
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Summary:

Pionneer ufologist and author Aimé Michel reported briefly in his 1958 book on the French saucer flap of 1954, that in Malakoff in Paris, there were vague indications on some sighting of which it is impossible to tell if it was a shooting star or not, although its reported movement seemed to slow for a shooting star.

Much later, a US website did give the "meteor" explanation, whereas a French website and a German website silenced what could made think of a meteor.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Ufologist and author Aimé Michel reports briefly that in Malakoff in Paris, there were vague indications on some sighting of which it is impossible to tell if it was a shooting star or not, although its reported movement seemed to slow for a shooting star.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

September 23, 1954

journée: Malakoff (Seine)

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Haut de Seine in Malakoff on September 23, 1954 at an unknown hour there was an "Observation of a slowly moving object."

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

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 23 September 1954 in daytime in Malakoff, France, "A daytime disc was reported. Explanation: Meteor."

The source is indicated as "Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958."

[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
19540923			23.09.1954		Malakoff	France	Tagsüber	DD

Explanations:

Like a shooting star, but slower: this looks like a meteor.

The information is obviously so succinct that I can hardly say more.

Keywords:

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

Paris, Malakoff, shooting star, slow

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 94, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 94, 1977.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 7, the 1950's.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=9&page=0&numobs=2315
[uda1] "23 Sep 1954 - Malakoff, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021122.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	February 24, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 24, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	July 7, 2010	Additions [lcn1], [uda1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	January 31, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 13, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.4	Patrick Gross	March 14, 2021	Addition [gqy1].

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