The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Nazin.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the 2010s, a German web database of UFO sightings, "UFODatenBank", recorded a case in "Nazin" in France, dated October 3, 1954.
No other information was provided, I found no other information myself, and "Nazin" does not seem to exist.
I left the affair there, when in February 2026, a very probable explanation was communicated to me by a ufologist from northern France: "UFODatenBank" most certainly wrote "Nazin" instead of Anzin. On October 21, 1954, in Anzin, an incident had taken place in which reflections of insulators from a power line were initially mistaken for "flying saucers."
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541003 | 03.10.1954 | Nazin | France |
1) I found absolutely no place named "Nazin" in France.
2) I did not find any other source referring to a case in "Nazin" in 1954.
So this is probably a "non-event".
Update as of February 27, 2026:
While searching for 1954 cases located on the "BAVIC" (Bayonne - Vichy) line, a ufologist from northern France discovered this Nazin case on my website and informed me on February 17, 2026, that it is in fact very probably the Anzin case - that is, the case of the insulators of October 21, 1954, in that locality.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Nazin, Anzin, misspell
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 20, 2019 | First published, [ubk1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 27, 2026 | In the Explanations, addition of the part "Update as of February 27, 2026", reflected in the Summary. |
