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Reference number for this case: 2-oct-54-Clermont. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. lm1:] "LE MERIDIONAL" NEWSPAPER:
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[Ref. pc1:] "LE POPULAIRE DU CENTRE" NEWSPAPER:
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Several Parisians saw "saucers" evolving in the sky of the capitalParis, October 6 (A.F.P) - Several Parisians said they saw yesterday afternoon flying saucers moving in the sky of the capital, passersby claimed to have seen one around 4:30 p.m., near the Porte Dorée. Mr. Pierre Allouis, a cartoon trader, went to his business by taxi, when the vehicle was stopped by a red traffic light. Hearing, he said, a hissing whistling sound, he looked through the door and saw a flying machine flying high, leaving in its wake a plume of smoke. Mr. Allouis describes the saucer as a disc larger than a normal plane, silver-colored. The same testimony was given by Mr. Gilbert Bacon, residing at 25, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and by Mr. Paul Julien, a painter, who lives at 3, rue de la Pompe. The latter, however, believes that it is not a flying saucer but a flying wing that has the shape of a triangle with rounded edges. At Le Bourget, it is explained that, given the intensity of air traffic, it is impossible to confirm by radar the passage of the craft at the insufficiently precise hour. On the other hand, the radar cannot record the passage of a heavier than the air more than by a luminous spot whatever the nature of the craft is. [Missing part] time. The first 10 kilometers from Beaumont at 3:45 p.m. It was moving in a westerly direction. Witnesses said the craft moved closer to them and became less and less brilliant. When it was only 150 meters away, they felt a curious sensation and were nailed to the spot. At this point there was an odor of nitro-benzine. Soon the craft moved away, the discomfort ceased and the saucer disappeared. The other saucer was seen above the coasts of Chanturges, near Clermont. It moved vertically and was of a brilliant white. A saucer was also spotted in Billom by a group of 30 people. The craft moved over the city. It moved horizontally. It was visible for three or four minutes before disappearing. An intense light emanated from the apparatus. Our readers write to usMr. Desbordes of St-Bonnet-de-Bellac said he had seen last Sunday a luminous disk heading for Mézières-sur-Issoire. The machine stopped for several minutes before disappearing to the west. Several people have observed the phenomenon. |
[Ref. am1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel reports that there was a sighting on October 2, 1954, in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
[Ref. ld1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" MAGAZINE:
The magazine indicates that on October 2, 1954, in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, an object has been seen above Puy-de-Chanturges, and left in the North-North-East direction under the eyes of numerous witnesses including Mrs Lacoste and college students.
The magazine indicates Aimé Michel and the regional newspaper La Montagne for October 4, 1954, as sources.
[Ref. fr1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Domes on October 2, 1954 at 10:00 a.m., several people observed a luminous machine of metallic color which oscillated in the sky. After having remained motionless a few moments, it fled at a high speed in the North-western Northern direction.
[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
Belgian ufologist Godelieve van Overmeire notes in her catalogue that in France, in 1954, on October 2, in Clermont-Ferrand, around 10 o'clock several people see a luminous machine oscillating slightly in the sky, shining like metal, which, after having hovered a few moments, quickly sprang in space in direction of the NNW.
The source is indicated as M. Figuet / J.L. Ruchon in "Ovni, Premier dossier complet..." Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979, p. 107.
[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the "Puy de Dômes (63)" in Clermont Ferrand, on October 2, 1954, at 10:00 hours, "Several witnesses observed a luminous machine color metal which oscillated in the sky. After having remained motionless a few moments, it sprang at a high speed in the North North-West direction."
The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
[Ref. ni1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
*Oct. 2, 1954 - At 10:00 o'clock in the morning several people in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome department, France saw a luminous, metallic object oscillating in the sky, then fly off rapidly to the north-northwest. (Source: Michel Figuet & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le premier dossier complet des rencontres rapprochees en France, p. 107). |
[Ref. ub1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
This database recorded this case 4 times:
N° de cas | Nouveau N° de cas | Enquêteur | Date d'observation | CP | Lieu d'observation | Pays d'observation | Heure d'observation | Classification | Commentaires | Identification |
19541002 | 02.10.1954 | Clermont | France | |||||||
19541005 | 05.10.1954 | Cotes Chanturgus | France | |||||||
19541005 | 05.10.1954 | Chanturgue | France | NL | ||||||
18">19541005 | 05.10.1954 | Chanturgue | France | NL |
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Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Puy-de-Chanturges, multiple, Lacoste, students, object
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0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 16, 2003 | First published. |
1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 27, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [go1], [lc1]. |
1.1 | Patrick Gross | August 15, 2010 | Addition [lm1]. |
1.2 | Patrick Gross | October 2, 2014 | Addition [ni1]. |
1.3 | Patrick Gross | January 2, 2017 | Addition [ub1]. |
1.4 | Patrick Gross | january 4, 2017 | Addition [pc1]. |