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November 5, 1954, Hérisson, Allier:

Reference for this case: 5-Nov-54-Hérisson.
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Summary:

A catalogue for the Allier department in the ufology magazine Ouranos of the end of 1973 indicated that on November 5, 1954, at 08:45 p.m., in Hérisson, an observation reported in the newspaper La Montagne, Aurillac issue for November 9, 1954, took place:

"Mr. Roger Dagois, mailman in Louroux-Hodement, saw a luminous sphere of great size crossing the sky at a brisk pace. The craft with green reflections left a shower of sparks that extended on several kilometers. Appeared towards Louroux-Bourbonnais, the craft disappeared in 3 or 4 seconds over the forest of Tronçais.

Reports:

[Ref. ioi1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "INFO OVNI":

057 05/11/54 8:45 p.m. Hérisson

Large fireball with green reflections trailing sparks (see 54)

[Ref. ioi2:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "INFO-OVNI":

027 11/05/1954 08:45 p.m. Hérisson. Witness M. Dagois

The witness observed a lum. sphere, large, with green reflections and leaving in its wake a sheaf of sparks disappear at vertiginous pace towards the forest of Tronçais. Observation confirming exactly an observation by Mr. Biquet from Moulins. Nat. phenomenon?

(La Montagne for 11/09/54)

[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":

November 5 (La Montagne for 11/8) Louroux-Hodemont 08:45 p.m..

Mr. Dagois, postman, saw a large luminous sphere, throwing a shower of sparks that might have extended on several kilometers. Trajectory S-N.

[Ref. ous1] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":

11/05/1954 Hérisson (20 h 45)

Mr. Roger Dagois, mailman in Louroux-Hodement, saw a luminous sphere of great size crossing the sky at a brisk pace. The craft with green reflections left a shower of sparks that extended on several kilometers. Appeared towards Louroux-Bourbonnais, the craft disappeared in 3 or 4 seconds over the forest of Tronçais.

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

4366: 1954/11/05 20:50 1 2:43:00 E 46:27:20 N 3333 WEU FRN ALR 5:8

LOUROUX-HODEMENT,FR+CHANAT,PDD:BIG LUMn.SPHERE S>>N:LVS SPARKS:bolide?

Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 128 : TOWN &CITY

Explanations:

This was very likely the meteor of that day.

Keywords:

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

Hérisson, Allier, Roger Dagois, mailman, Louroux-Hodement, sphere, luminous, big, fast, craft, reflections, green, sparkles, trail, wake, duration

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Centre-Matin, France, October 19, 1954?
[----] Article in the regional newspaper La Montagne, Aurillac, France, November 8, 1954.
[ioi1] "Un demi-siècle d'observations régionales", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Info OVNI, France, special issue, page 6, December 1975.
[ioi2] "Un demi-siècle d'observations régionales", special issue of the ufology magazine INFO-OVNI, page 26, not dated, the 1970's.
[ldl1] "Les Archives de 1954 pour l'Allier", catalogue in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #128, page 16, October 1973.
[ous1] "Dossier Allier", catalogue in the ufology and parapsychology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #8, page 8, 3^rd quarter 1976.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 1, 2018	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 2, 2022	Addition [ioi1].

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