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October 28, 1954, La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde:

Reference for this case: 28-Oct-54-La-Teste-de-Buch.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In a general catalog of sighting reports of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U., published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper for November 3, 1954, the following observation occurred:

On October 28, 1954, at 11:35 p.m. in La Teste, a Mr. D., hairdresser, reportedly saw for 4 to 5 seconds a "green colored, phosphorescent craft, seeming to rotate on itself while oscillating slightly".

Reports:

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

October 28, 1954 11:35 p.m. La Teste VA V4

Witness: Mr D., hairdresser. Green colored, phosphorescent craft, seeming to rotate on itself while oscillating slightly. Duration 4 to 5 seconds.

S. O. November 3, 54

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

Scan.

OCTOBER 28, 1954 11:34 p.m. La Teste BA/V 4

Witness: Mr. P., hairdresser, green and phosphorescent machine seeming to spin on itself while oscillating slightly. Duration: 4 to 5 sec.

(S.O. November 03, 1954)

Note: "BA" stands for "Low Altitude"; "V 4" means "spacecraft of unknown origin."

[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
19541028 28.10.1954 La Teste France 11:35 p.m.

Explanations:

Map.

The description is reminiscent of a meteor rather than a "craft". But there is no trail mentioned, and the data is very poor, which leaves me in total uncertainty.

Keywords:

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

La Teste-de-Buch, La Teste, Gironde, night, hairdresser, single, anonymous, brief, craft, green, phosphorescent, rotation, oscillations

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross December 25, 2018 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross February 8, 2021 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross June 11, 2022 Addition [ufa1].

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