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The 1954 French flap:

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October 7, 1954, Puymoyen, Charente:

Reference for this case: 7-Oct-54-Puymoyen.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The pioneering ufologist Aimé Michel, in his 1958 book "Flyig Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery" on the 1954 wave of saucers over France, indicated that on October 7 in Puymoyen "a banal observation" took place, about which he says nothing.

He indicated that his source was an article in the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 14, 1954.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel indicates that on October 7, 1954, the was a uninteresting sighting in Puymoyen.

Michel indicates that his source is the newspaper Sud-Ouest for October 14, 1954.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 7 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

? [=unknown hour]: Puymoyen(5 km SSE.Angoulême--Charente):sph.landg.+traces on the ground

[... other cases...]

[Ref. gqy2:] GUY QUINCY:

October 7, 1954: Puymoyen (5 km ISL in the SSE of angoulême--Charente): (lmin. sph. + traces on the ground)

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

255

-000.18495

45.61200

1954

PUYMOYEN-CHARENTE

001

22 C

242

[Ref. pis1:] "PHENOMENES INCONNUS" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:

This ufology bulletin published a map supposed to show alignements of cases of October 7, 1954, and it included a case in Puymoyen:

[Ref. jpr1] JACQUES POTTIER:

The author indicates that on October 7, 1954, luminous discs, landing or not landing, were reported among other places in Puymoyen.

The author says that the 28 places of observations [The author indicates 9 of them] formed all spots that were aligned "along a line with a precision of one millimetre." He further adds that these observations spread on "straight lines, which while crossing, drew curious geometrical star figures", and that "alignments seemed to begin around one hour in the morning, covering our areas of a tight network of investigations of unknown origin."

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

10/7/54

( )

Puymoyen

000X

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 6 October 1954 at 19:15 in Puymoyen, France, there was a sighting.

The source is indicated as: "Newspaper Clippings".

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

This database recorded the case four times instead of one:

Case Nr.	Date of observation	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification
19541007	07.10.1954	Puymoyen	France
19541007	07.10.1954	Puymoyen	France	End of the day	DD
19541007	07.10.1954	Puymoyen	France		NL
19541007	07.10.1954	Puymoyen	France

[Ref. wia1:] "WIKIPEDIA FR" WEBSITE:

In their web page about the 1954 French flap in France, Wikipedia FR mentions 21 sightings of the "flap", including:

[... other cases...]

October 7, [1954]: ufos are observed near Saint-Jean-d'Assé, on the nationale 138, at La Ferté-Macé, Ballon, Montlevicq, Cassis, Corbigny, Puymoyen, Marcillac; twenty eight localities in total [in reality at least 55] are hit by the phenomenon.

[... other cases...]

No source is given. The links in the page lead to general information web pages about these places.

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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

Puymoyen, Charente

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 14, 1954.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 13, the 1950's.
[gqy2] "Atterrissages au XXe siècle", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, unnumbered pages, the 1950's.
[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.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publisher, France, 1965.
[pis1] Ufology bulletin Phénomènes Inconnus, C.F.R.S, France, #14, pages 20,21, 1971.
[jpr1] "Les Soucoupes Volantes - La Guerre des Mondes Aura-t-Elle Lieu?", book by Jacques Pottier, De Vecchi publisher, France, 1975.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, pages 197,202, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, pages 197,202, 1977.
[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.
[gep1] "Catalogue mondial Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #21, September / December 1980.
[uda1] "6 Oct 1954 - Puymoyen, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf2/022077.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de
[wia1] "Vague d'observations de l'automne 1954", Web page of the Wikipedia Website, French version, as of May 13, 2022, at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vague_d%27observations_de_l%27automne_1954

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	March 19, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	May 6, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version.
1.1	Patrick Gross	February 28, 2010	Addition [jpr1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	June 22, 2010	Addition [jve5].
1.3	Patrick Gross	December 3, 2016	Addition [ubk1].
1.4	Patrick Gross	November 15, 2021	Additions [pis1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.5	Patrick Gross	May 19, 2022	Addition [wia1].

This page was last updated on May 19, 2022.