The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 5-Nov-54-Louroux-Hodement.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The ufology magazine Ouranos #15, of the 3rd quarter of 1955 listed "Louroux Hodemont (Allier)" as the place of an observation in 1954.
A catalog of the observations of 1954 in the department of Allier in France by the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #128 of October 1973, indicates that according to the newspaper La Montagne for November 8, 1954, on November 5, 1954 at 8:40 p.m. in Louroux-Hodement, Mr. Dagois, postman, "saw a large luminous sphere, launching a shower of sparks which could extend over several kilometers. S-N trajectory."
[Ref. ous1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":
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FRANCE -- [... others...] 11/5 [... others...] Louroux Hodemont (Allier); [... others...]
[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
On a map of the sightings in the Allier departement in 1954, there is a note for "Louroux-Hodement 5 nov".
The case is mentioned as "probably the same object as in Louroux-Hodemont" in the note of the case of November 5, 1954, in Moulins.
Finally, the case is noted as:
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November 5, [1954] (La Montagne for 11/8) Louroux-Hodemont 08:45 p.m.
Mr. Dagois, postman, saw a large luminous sphere, launching a shower of sparks which could extend for several kilometers. S-N trajectory.
[Ref. uda1] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 5 November 1954 at 20:50 in Loudrox-Hodement [sic], France, "Big luminous ball of light south rapidly to the north, leaves sparks. Possible bolide(?). Explanation: Bolide. A fireball was observed. One fireball was observed in a town for over one minute."
The source is noted "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".
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The information is totally insufficient, but entirely compatible with the passage of a meteor which had taken place that day at that time over this region among others.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Louroux-Hodement, Allier, Dagois, mailman, sphere, big, trail, sparks, ball, luminous, night
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 9, 2009 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | May 16, 2019 | Addition [ous1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | November 6, 2021 | Additions [ldl1], Summary. |
