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April 26, 1954, Sare, Pyrénées-Atlantiques:

Reference for this case: 26-apr-54-Sare.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

An observation of April 26, 1954, in Sare, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, seems to have been widely publicized by the press since I found it in the Turkish newspaper Vatan, of April 28, 1954, quoting a dispatch from the Turkish news agency Anatolia.

It was reported from Bayonne, on April 27, 1954, that on April 26, 1954, a group or persons taking a walk near Sare in the Pyrenean border region observed a cigar-shaped object, traveling rapidly at an altitude of 2000 meters in the direction of Spain.

Reports:

[Ref. van1:] NEWSPAPER "VATAN":

SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OVER PYRENEES

Bayonne, 27 April 1954 (Anatolia Agency) -- On April 26, 1954, a group or persons taking a walk near Sare in the region close to the Pyrenees border observed a cigar shaped object traveling rapidly at an altitude of 2000 meters in the direction of Spain.

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

3517: 1954/04/28 12:00 1 1:35:00 W 43:18:00 N 3331 WEU FRN PYA 6:9

SARE,PYRENEES ATL,FR:CGR @2KM ALT GOES RAPIDLY >S to SPAIN:NFD

Ref# 26 FAWCETT+GREENWOOD: UFO COVERUP. Page No. 133 : MOUNTAINS

[Ref. uda1:] WEBSITE "UFODNA":

The website indicates that on 28 April 1954 at 12:00 in Sare, France, "Cigar at 2000m altitude flies rapidly to the south toward Spain."

And: "A huge blue disc buzzed two men, Smith and Beacon, 45 miles west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia at 6:30 a.m. It then shot straight up into the sky until gone from view. At noon a cigar-shaped UFO flew over Sare, France heading south towards Spain. It flew at an estimated 2,000 meters altitude."

And: "A cigar-shaped object was observed. One cigar-shaped object was observed at a mountain for over one minute."

The source is noted "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002."

[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

(042) Apr. 28, 1954 - At noon a cigar-shaped UFO flew over Sare, France heading south towards Spain. It flew at an estimated 2,000 meters altitude. (Sources: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 3343, citing Larry Fawcett and Barry Greenwood, Clear Intent: The Government Cover-up of the UFO Experience, p. 133).

Explanations:

Insufficient information, probable meteor.

Keywords:

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

Sare, Pyrénées Atlantiques, cigar, fast, altitude, multiple

Sources:

[van1] "Observation d'un objet non identifié au-dessus des Pyrénées", article of the newspaper Vatan, from a newswire of the Anatolia turkish Press agency, Turkey, April 28, 1954.
[----] "Clear Intent: The Government Cover-up of the UFO Experience, book by Larry Fawcett and Barry Greenwood, Prentice Hall publishers, USA, page 133, 1985.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[uda1] "28 Apr 1954 - Sare, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf16/uf1/161780.htm
[nip1] List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	November 28, 2004	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 5, 2010	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [uda1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 18, 2014	Addition [nip1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	May 15, 2019	Additions [lhh1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet,"

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