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October 2, 1954, Provins, Seine-et-Marne:

Reference for this case: 2-Oct-54-Provins.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In his 1958 book, ufologist Aimé Michel noted an observation in the Seine-et-Marne department in Provins on October 2, 1954, at an unspecified hour.

He gave no source and no details.

This perhaps corresponds to a photo of one Mrs. Vignot and her son published in Radar magazine for October 17, 1954, captioned "A big red ball has moved silently, for 2 minutes, in the sky of Provins, crossing a vast horizontal triangle, At least according to the double testimony of the Vignot son, construction painter, and of L[?], the municipal poster..."

Reports:

[Ref. rdr1:] "RADAR" MAGAZINE:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel reports that there was a sighting on October 2, 1954, in Provins, France.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. gqy2:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. pis2:] "PHENOMENES INCONNUS" UFOLOGY BULLETIN:

In this ufology bulletin, Alain Barbe published a map with cases (but not all the 61 cases or more) for October 2, 1954, including that of Provins, which he, like Aimé Michel did, thooght to often be "aligned" beyond mere chance:

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Seine et Marne in Provins on October 2, 1954, at an unknown hour, there was an "Observation of an object without more precision."

The source is indicated as "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

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

This database recorded this case three times:

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information, possible meteor.

Keywords:

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

Provins, Seine-et-Marne, ball, red, duration, silent, Vignot

Sources:

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

• [rdr1] Article in Radar magazine, Paris, France, page 5, October 17, 1954.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
• [aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight Lines Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
• [gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 10, the 1950's.
• [gqy2] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 10, the 1950's.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Table Ronde publisher, France, 1966.
• [pis2] "Du nouveau sur l'orthothénie?", article by Alain Barbe, in the ufology bulletin Phénomènes Inconnus, C.F.R.S, France, #14, pages 17,18, 1971.
• [aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes" Planète publisher, France, 1972.
• [jve5] "Catalogue préliminaire de 500 observations", listing in "Les Phénomènes Insolites de l'Espace", book by Jacques and Jannine Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 249, 1978.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 148, 1977.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 148, 1978.
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2440
• [ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

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