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Reference for this case: 26-Sep-54-Neuvy-Sautour.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the 1950s, an archivist interested in "flying saucers", Guy Quincy, noted an observation of September 26, 1954, at 9:00 p.m., in Neuvy-Sautour, of "two luminous discs."
In 1984, ufologist Michel Figuet mentionned that in the regional newspaper L'Yonne Républicaine for September 28, 1954, an observation was mentioned in Neuvy-Sautour at 9 p.m., whose witness was a painter, Alcide Vallet.
I found that the national newspaper France Soir for September 29, 1954, had reported that in Neuvy-Sautour, Alcide Vallet, a painter, had seen during the night an oval luminous object moving through the sky, followed by small stars that seemed to be attached to it. This first object, the newspaper said, was preceded by another identical one but without stars. The two craft were moving in a south-to-north direction.
[Ref. fso1:] NEWSPAPER "FRANCE SOIR":
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AUXERRE, September 28 ("France-Soir" dispatch). -- Two residents of the village of Diges (Yonne), Mrs. Widow Geoffroy and Miss Gisèle Fin, reported seeing, yesterday around 9 a.m., in a clearing in the communal woods, a dark and dull-colored craft shaped like an upside-down saucer, measuring 5 to 6 meters in diameter, about one meter in height, and resting on what looked like skids.
Next to the craft stood a man of average height, dressed in dark clothing and wearing a kind of cap. Miss Fin, who saw the object from about thirty meters away, specified that the man appeared to be working near his machine. When she passed by again a few moments later, the craft had disappeared without a sound.
Meanwhile, in Neuvy-Sautour, Mr. Alcide Vallet, a painter, saw during the night an oval luminous object moving through the sky, followed by small stars that seemed to be attached to it. This first object was preceded by another identical one, but without the stars. Both objects were moving from south to north.
CARRY-LE-ROUET, September 28 ("France-Soir" dispatch). -- Three women from Marseille vacationing in Carry-le-Rouet claim to have seen, above the town's harbor, the descent of the "flying half-cigar" recently observed by thousands of Romans.
Mrs. Taupié-Laitage, Mrs. Pignol, and her 18-year-old daughter Isabelle, state they saw a "half-cigar" descend vertically and then depart silently, leaving a trail of smoke behind. The same phenomenon reportedly occurred again the next day.
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
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September 26 [1954]
09:00 p.m.: Neuvy-Sautour (7 km NE Saint-Florentin--Yonne): 2 lumin. discs
[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:
Michel Figuet, after discussing a case published in the newspaper L'Yonne Républicaine for Tuesday, September 28, 1954, #224, page 3, says that two other observations are cited after the article, one in Varennes, the other in Neuvy-Sautour at 9 p.m., the witness beingthe painter Alcide Vallet.
[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 |
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| 19540926 | 26.09.1954 | Neuvy Sautour | France | 09:00 p.m. | NL |
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So far I found no information on a painter named Alcide Vallet; he was perhaps hardly known.
As for the "two luminous disks", I find it impossible, with so little information at the moment, to decide what they could have been.
However, in the Press, on September 24, 1954, "Operation Shooting Star" was announced, as "the largest allied air exercise in Europe", aerial maneuvers of NATO forces, which would take place over France and Germany.
Maybe it explained what the painter saw. The NATO airbase at Chaumont-Semoutier was located 90 km to the east of Neuvy-Sautour.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Neuvy-Sautour, Yonne, night, luminous, Alcide Vallet
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 9, 2017 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | August 24, 2021 | Additions [gqy1], [mft1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | July 18, 2025 | Addition [fso1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [fso1]. In the Explanations, addition of "However, in the Press, on September 24, 1954, "Operation Shooting Star" was announced, as "the largest allied air exercise in Europe", aerial maneuvers of NATO forces, which would take place over France and Germany. Maybe it explained what the painter saw. The NATO airbase at Chaumont-Semoutier was located 90 km to the east of Neuvy-Sautour." |
