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August 11, 1954, Remiremont, Vosges:

Reference for this case: 11-Aug-54-Remiremont.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The French ufologist Jacques Vallée indicated in his 1966 book "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace" that on August 11, 1954, there had already been four sightings, including one in Remiremont.

He gave neither source nor details.

Reports:

[Ref. jve1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Jacques Vallée indicates that on August 11, 1954, there were already four sightings including one in Remiremont.

[Ref. jve2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Vallée says that on August 11, 1954, there had been already four sightings, including one in Remiremont.

[Ref. lgs1:] LOREN GROSS:

UFO researcher/author Jacques Vallee noted a marked increase in French activity as early as August 11th when reports came in from eastern France at the towns of Serezin, Remiremont, Contrexeville and Gerardmer.

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

3700: 1954/08/11 12:00 0 6:35:00 E 48:01:00 N 3330 WEU FRN VSG 6:9

REMIREMONT,FR+3 SEP.TOWNS:COMPASSES SPIN:EME/ALL TYPES:START OF WAVE?:/r3p151

Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 262 : PASTURE

[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

Encounters with Aliens On this Day

August 11

[...]

1954 - At three o'clock in the morning a compass started spinning wildly and other types of EM effects occurred in Remiremont, France and two other towns when at least one UFO briefly flew over. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Challenge to Science, the UFO Enigma, p. 129, citing Jimmy Guieu).

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 11 August 1954 at 03:00 in Remiremont, France, "Compass deflection case. Compasses spin, all types of electromagnetic effects in three separate towns."

And: "At three o'clock in the morning a compass started spinning wildly and other types of EM effects occurred in Remiremont, France and two other towns when at least one UFO briefly flew over."

And: "Objects were observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. More than one object was observed by numerous witnesses in a pasture briefly."

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

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

This database recorded this case twice:

Case Nr. New case Nr. Investigator Date of observation Zip Place of observation Country of observation Hour of observation Classification Comments Identification
19540811 11.08.1954 Remiremont France 03.00 NL
19540811 11.08.1954 Remiremont France

Explanations:

Map.

As opposed to what is claimed in [djn1], Vallée does not indicate any source.

The story of the spinning compass is obviously another case.

It is possible that Vallée gave a false date and that it is the case of August 8, 1954 in Remiremont, probably a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Remiremont, Vosges, compass, effects

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross November 6, 2005 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross March 20, 2010 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [uda1].
1.1 Patrick Gross November 20, 2016 Additions [lgs1], [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross February 7, 2019 Additions [lhh1], Summary.
1.3 Patrick Gross June 8, 2022 Additions [jve2].

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