The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 16-Oct-54-Moulins2.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In their 1979 book, ufologists Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon indicated that on October 16, 1954, in Moulins in the department of Allier, there was a sighting of a luminous object leaving a trail behind istelf.
They indicated that the sources were their archive "FP 70 and FP 180."
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
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October 16 [1954]
09:30 p.m. (approximately): Center-East and East of France, Orly (Seine), Metz (Moselle), Montmirey (Jura), Hurecourt (Hte.Saône), Mailly-la-Ville (8 km 500 SSW. Vermenton--Yonne), Moulin? (Allier),: big luminous ball with a tail (slow meteor, speed=3.000 km/h?)
[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel wrote about the October 16, 1954, 09:30 p.m. meteor:
THE TEST OF THE METEOR. October 16, as if it was purposely, a splendid meteor crossed the north of France towards 09:30 p.m.. It was observed on a score of departments by thousands of people, from the Allier to Lorraine and from the Swiss border to Paris. Naturally many witnesses believed to have seen a Flying Saucer and said so. The newspapers printed "Flying Saucer in Orly", or "in Montididier", or "in Metz." But once again the description made by all these weak brains appeared of a remarkable honesty.
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The innumerable gathered testimonys show indeed that even when the witnesses called "Flying saucer" the observed object, their description is identical on 200.000 square kilometres where the visible phenomenon was visible: an "orange ball followed by a trail", a "large luminous ball with a tail", a "flying egg followed by a trail", a "bottle's bottom with a trail of thirty times its diameter", etc. The same phenomenon is uniformly described.
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[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that on October 16, 1954, in Moulins in the department of Allier, there was a sighting of a luminous object leaving a trail behind istelf.
The authors indicate that their source is their archive FP 70 and FP 180.
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in ths Allier in Moulin on October 16, 1954 at 21:30 hours, there was an "Observation of a luminous object leaving a trail behind."
The source is noted: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
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The meteor of October 16 at 09:30 p.m.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Moulins, Allier, luminous, object, trail
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | September 2, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | December 27, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | November 27, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | February 24, 2021 | Addition [gqy1]. |
