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September 25, 1954, Mérignac, Gironde:

Reference for this case: 25-Sep-54-Mérignac.
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Summary:

In a general catalog of observations of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the CFRU, published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the newspaper Sud-Ouest of September 27, 1954, the following observation took place:

Before the 27th of September 1954, at 07:30 p.m. in Mérignac, a 7-year-old girl in her parents' garden saw a ball seeming to be oval-shaped, very big, lower than a plane, silent and very fast, leaving yellow traces. The girl was very scared.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":

Before Sept. 27, 54 07:30 p.m. Merignac BA V2 Axis

Witness: a 7-year-old girl in her parents' garden. Ball seemingly oval, very large, lower than a plane, silent and very fast, leaving yellow traces (trail?). Witness very scared. (cf. Beutre 9/25/54).

S.O. September 27, 54

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

BEFORE SEPTEMBER 17, 1954 7:30 p.m. Mérignac BA/V 2

Witness: a 7-year-old girl in her parents' garden. Ball seeming oval, very big, lower than an airplane, silent and very fast leaving yellow traces (trails?).

(S.O. September 27, 1954)

Note: "BA" stands for "Low Altitude"; "V 2" stands for "bad observations", a report for which it is difficult to rule out a misinterpretation.

[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that in Beutre in the Gironde, on September 25, 1954, at 07:30 p.m., a luminous ball crossed the sky.

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

09/25/54

(19)

Mérignac (Gironde) F

200C2 Y

T05

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Gironde in Mérignac on September 25, 1954 at 19:30 hours "At the place 'Beutre' not far from the airport says, a luminous ball is observed crossing the sky."

The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".

Explanations:

Probable meteor.

Beutre is a location, not far from the airfield of Mérignac.

Keywords:

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

Beutre, Gironde, Mérignac, luminous, ball, trail, girl, young, oval, fast, silent

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France, September 27, 1954.
[ous1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde - Résumé des Archives et dossiers de la section de Bordeaux du C.F.R.U.", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #9, page 21, 4^th quarter 1973.
[ufa1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde (I)", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Ufologia, ufology group C.F.R.U., France, #1, page 8, November / December 1975.
[fru1] "OVNI - Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 86, 1979.
[gep1] "Catalogue mondial des observations - Fichier OVNI GEPO Pasqualini 1954, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #16, 1^st quarter, 1981.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=2&page=27&numobs=361

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	April 18, 2007	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 10, 2010	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lcn1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	December 29, 2018	Additions [ous1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.2	Patrick Gross	April 10, 2022	Addition [gep1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 26, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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