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October 22, 1954, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne:

Reference for this case: 22-Oct-54-Toulouse.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

An article in Radar magazine for November 7, 1954 reported "an appearance of 6 seconds" whose witness was Mr. Jean-Pierre Pacouil, 22, rue du Capitaine-Escudié, Toulouse:

"I think I am doing the right thing by telling you about the phenomenon which I witnessed yesterday, Friday, October 22, while I was chatting with two of my colleagues on the bridge of the Ecole-Vétérinaire around 6:55 p.m. before taking my postal service in the sorting center. I do say a luminous phenomenon; that is what I will support against all odds, on my very honor. I cannot specify the nature of it, except that it could not to be a plane...

"I was joking with my two companions about a transformer, placed near the postal sorting centre, which gratifies you with a good electric jolt when, inadvertently, you put a hand on its carcass and the other on the railing of the bridge. Suddenly, I saw a light - I say a light, not a craft - at a very high altitude above the Sirvin factories. The apparition lasted about 5 seconds. The light that came out of the night in a round shape, stretched out leaping above the railway tracks, swelled again towards the Côte-Pavée district, leaving behind something like sparks before fainting. For a moment, I thought it was a very fast airplane signaler, but the sparks that occurred dissuaded me...

"I will be the happiest of men, I confess, to learn that it was a meteor, because the saucer business has lasted too long in my opinion, and I do not trust to excited minds".

In the 2000s, a database of German UFO observations on the web noted that there had been a sighting of the "nocturnal lights" kind in Toulouse at night on October 22, 1954.

An American website noted the same thing, telling that it was at 8 p.m. and giving as source a computer catalog.

Reports:

[Ref. rdr1:] "RADAR" MAGAZINE:

Scan.

A 6-SECOND APPEARANCE

Mr. Jean-Pierre PACOUIL, 22, rue du Capitaine-Escudié, Toulouse:

"I think I am doing the right thing by telling you about the phenomenon which I witnessed yesterday, Friday, October 22, while I was chatting with two of my colleagues on the bridge of the Ecole-Vétérinaire around 6:55 p.m. before taking my postal service in the sorting center. I do say a luminous phenomenon; that is what I will support against all odds, on my very honor. I cannot specify the nature of it, except that it could not to be a plane...

"I was joking with my two companions about a transformer, placed near the postal sorting centre, which gratifies you with a good electric jolt when, inadvertently, you put a hand on its carcass and the other on the railing of the bridge. Suddenly, I saw a light - I say a light, not a craft - at a very high altitude above the Sirvin factories. The apparition lasted about 5 seconds. The light that came out of the night in a round shape, stretched out leaping above the railway tracks, swelled again towards the Côte-Pavée district, leaving behind something like sparks before fainting. For a moment, I thought it was a very fast airplane signaler, but the sparks that occurred dissuaded me...

"I will be the happiest of men, I confess, to learn that it was a meteor, because the saucer business has lasted too long in my opinion, and I do not trust to excited minds".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 22 October 1954 at night in Toulouse, France, "Nocturnal lights were reported."

The source is indicated as Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173).

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

Case Nr. New case Nr. Investigator Date of observation Zip Place of observation Country of observation Hour of observation Classification Comments Identification
19541022 22.10.1954 Toulouse France Night NL

Explanations:

Scan.

Obvious description of a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, night

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross March 17, 2010 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross March 6, 2017 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross January 4, 2019 Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet".
1.3 Patrick Gross June 9, 2022 Addition [rdr1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [rdr1]. Explanations changed, were "Totally insufficient information."

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