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October 3, 1954, Eaubonne, Val-d'Oise:

Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Eaubonne.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In the 1960s, Jacques Vallée compiled a computer list of UFO sightings; which he published in his book "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace" in 1966, which noted that there had been a observation on October 3, 1954, in Eaubonne, Val-d'Oise.

His list gave no other information and no source.

Reports:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

203

-002.27710

48.99150

1954

*EAUBONNE-S+O.

0013

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 3 October 1954 at 21:00 in Eaubonne, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by six witnesses."

The sources are indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01); Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002."

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

This database recorded this case three times:

Case Nr.	Date of observation	Place of observation	Country of observation	Classification
19540929	29.09.1954	Eaubonne	France
19541003	03.10.1954	Eaubonne	France
19541003	03.10.1954	Eaubonne	France	NL

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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

Eaubonne, Val-d'Oise

Sources:

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

[jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
[jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 250, 1978.
[uda1] "3 Oct 1954 - Eaubonne, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2009, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf1/021842.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 17, 2010	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 20, 2010	Addition [jve5].
1.2	Patrick Gross	February 10, 2017	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	November 24, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."

This page was last updated on November 24, 2019.