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The 1954 French flap:

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October 2, 1954, Quimper, Finistère:

Reference number for this case: 2-Oct-54-Quimper. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Reports:

[Ref. la1] "L'ALSACE" NEWSPAPER:

The newspaper reports on October 6, 1954, with no other information, that there was a sighting in Quimper. The date is not given but the sighting is mentioned among others that took place on October 2 and 3, 1954.

See the article here.

[Ref. am1] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel notes that there was a sighting in Quimper on October 2, 1954.

[Ref. gq1:] GUY QUINCY:

The Quincy catalogue indicates that a "luminous sphere" was observed above the town of Quimper, on October 2, 1954, at an unknown time.

[Ref. jv5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

186

004.10200

48.01500

1954

QUIMPER

151

C**

170

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Finistère in Quimper on October 2, 1954 at an unknown hour, a cigar is observed, evolving at low altitude.

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

[Ref. ub1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded the case twice:

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541002			02.10.1954		Quimper	France
19541002			02.10.1954		Quimper	France

[Ref. vo1:] "ARCHIVES VIGIE OVNI 29":

Quimper ( 29 000 ), 02 October 1954 ...

Testimony nr. FR 29 000 1954 10 02 .. ..

Available documents:

Explanations:

Not looked for yet.

Keywords:

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

Quimper, Finistère, sphere, luminous

Sources:

[---] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.

[la1] Article in the regional newspaper L'Alsace, Mulhouse, France, October 6, 1954.
[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[am1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S. G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[gq1] "Special Annotated Catalogue of Landings", compiled by Guy Quincy, typewritten document, unpublished, France, 1961.
[jv5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
[am1] "A Propos de Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publisher, France, 1969.
[am1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 150, 1976.
[jv5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 249, 1978.
[---] "Fantastiques Rencontres au Bout du Monde", book by Jean-François Boedec, France, page 14, 1982.
[lc1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2456
[ub1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de
[vo1] Web page of the Archives Vigie OVNI 29 website, France, not dated, found in 2017, at https://ufo29.jimdo.com/de-2010-%C3%A0-2019-14/de-1950-%C3%A0-1959-29/1954-29/

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	April 23, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 3, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [am1], [lc1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 3, 2010	Addition [la1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	June 20, 2010	Addition [jv5].
1.3	Patrick Gross	January 2, 2017	Addition [ub1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	February 7, 2017	Addition [vo1].

This page was last updated on February 7, 2017.