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October 3, 1954, Quend, Somme:

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

Summary:

In his 1958 book about the wave of "Mysterious Celestial Objects" in France in 1954, the French ufologist Aimé Michel stated that on October 3, 1954, in Quend in the Somme, a small hamlet 100 meters from National Road 40 and 5 km north of Rue, residents saw an object pass by at around 9:05 p.m.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

French ufologist Aimé Michel indicates that on October 3, 1954, in Quend, a small hamlet at 100 meters of national road 40 and 5 km north of Rue, the residents saw a object pass by at about 09:05 p.m.

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH:

1954/10/03 CHERENG + MARCOING + QUEND + LIEVIN ++, FRANCE: Close Encounters with the Moon!

Explanations:

Insufficient information, the Moon.

Keywords:

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

Quend, Somme, multiple, object

Sources:

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

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 158, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 158, 1978.
[lhh1] "A Short List of Discredited UFO Sightings", by Larry Hatch, in the ufology bulletin The IUFOMRC Newsletter, USA, page 3, September 2003.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	October 23, 2004	First published, [aml1], [lhh1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 4, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.

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