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Summary:

In his 1958 book on the French wave of 1954, the pioneering ufologist Aimé Michel indicated, without providing a source, that on October 3, 1954, in Saint-Maixent in Deux-Sèvres department, Mr. Pichon, the head of railway district, saw a red orange cigar pass by.

This will be taken up by others later, without further information.

October 3, 1954, Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, Deux-Sèvres:

Reference for this case: 3-Oct-54-Saint-Maixent.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel reports among the cases of October 3, 1954 that in Saint-Maixent, in the Deux-Sèvres, there was a second observation of a luminous phenomenon, this time by Mr. Pichon, the chief of district for the railroads, which saw an orange red cigar pass by.

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

[Ref. fle1:] FERNAND LAGARDE:

The ufologist Fernand Lagarde believed he found a connection between the locations of UFO sightings and the locations of earthquakes or geological faults.

He published a map centered on the Charente-Maritime department, with parts of the surrounding departments, with these cases (his list is incomplete) represented, all dates October 1954:

"N 150 between Saintes and Royan 10.54"
"Taupignac 10.54"
"Pont L'Abbé 10.54"
"St Savinien 10.54"
"Birac 10.54"
"Soudran 10.54"
"Tourriers 10.54"
"Angouleme 10.54"
"Puymoyen 10.54"
"Marcillac 10.54"
"Nessier 10.54"
"Béruge 10.54"
"Lusignan 10.54"
"St Maixent 10.54"
"Niort 10.54"
"La Rochelle 10.54"
"Angles 10.54"
"Luçon 10.54"

[Ref. jve5:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

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

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Deux Sevres in St Maixent l'Ecole on October 3, 1954 at an unknown hour, two witnesses see an orange red cigar pass by.

Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958".

[Ref. dcn1] DOMINIQUE CAUDRON:

Dominique Caudron indicates that the catalogue of 800 cases published in 1970 by Maurice Santos, is a good example of what one should not do; he indicates to extract from it the list of the cases of October 3, 1954; which he knows well as he had investigated into these cases of his area of Nord. For each case, below the text of the Santos catalogue, he states what should have been written, and the explanation after analysis, when there is one.

Santos wrote that for this case #554 of "Various Forms" there was on October 3, 1954, in Saint-Maixent an observation of a cigar of unspecified size.

Dominique Caudron says that at an unknown hour, in "Saint Maixent l'école", 79, there had been an orange red cigar; and that there are not other sources than Aimé Michel.

He notes that the numbering of the cases by Santos seemed a good idea, but that it prevents the evolution of the catalogue, whose numbering becomes incoherent at the first update: "For example, this catalogue contains only 10 cases for the area of the Nord, whereas we know 48 of them. How to place the 38 others?"

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information, possible meteor.

Keywords:

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

Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole, Deux-Sèvres, Pichon, cigar, luminous, orange, red

Sources:

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

• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publisher, France, 1958.
• [aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line 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 11, the 1950's.
• [fle1] Map by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #92, cover page, January / February 1968.
• [fle1] "Détails justificatifs de l'article "M.O.C. SEISMES ET FAILLES"", article by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #93, page 4, March / April 1968.
• [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.
• [aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes", book by Aimé Michel, reprint of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", Planète publishers, France, pp 163-164, 1966.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publisher, France, page 178,180, 1977.
• [aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 178,180, 1978.
• [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 250, 1978.
• [----] Catalogue by Maurice Santos.
• [gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
• [fle1] Map by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #275-276, page 20, May / June 1987.
• [fle1] "Détails justificatifs de l'article "M.O.C. SEISMES ET FAILLES", article by Fernand Lagarde, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #275-276, page 24, May / June 1987.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=505
• [dcn1] "Le catalogue qu'il ne fallait pas faire", web page by Dominique Caudron, France, not dated, found in 2016, at oncle-dom.fr/paranormal/ovni/ufologie/santos.htm

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