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October 5, 1954, Bordeaux, Gironde:

Reference for this case: 5-Oct-54-Bordeaux.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In a general catalog of sighting reports of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U., published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper for October 6, 1954, the following observation occurred:

On October 5, 1954, at 11:45 a.m. in Bordeaux, factory workers saw two shiny metal discs at the vertical of their factory. It is said there were other witnesses at the health house of rue Lepic in Bouscat.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] "OURANOS" UFOLOGY MAGAZINE:

October 5, 1954 11:45 a.m. Bordeaux V2

Witnesses: Factory seeing 2 shiny metallic discs vertically above it. Other witnesses at the Health house rue Lepic in Bouscat.

S.O. Oct. 6, 54

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

05 OCTOBER 1954 11:45 a.m. Bordeaux V 2

Witnesses: Factory workers; 2 shiny metallic discs. Other witnesses at the Bousacat, rue Sepic.

(N/A October 06, 1954)

Note: "V 2" stands for an observation of poor quality for which a misinterpretation cannot be excluded.

[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The two authors indicate that on October 5, 1954 at 11:45 in Bordeaux in the Gironde, five factory workmen saw two brilliant metal discs at the vertical of the factory.

They say the source is Sud-Ouest for October 6, 1954.

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

10/05/54

(11.30)

Bordeaux (33)

1012X2

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

3981: 1954/10/05 11:50 2 0:37:00 W 44:50:00 N 3333 WEU FRN GRN 6:9

BORDEAUX,FR:5 WORKERS:2 BRITE MTLC DISKS OVR FACTORY:/Sud Ouest 6/10/54

Ref# 30 FIGEUT[sic]&RUCHON: OVNI: Le 1er Dossier Page No. 125 : TOWN &CITY

[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

Donald Johnson indicates that on October 5, 1954, at 11:45 a.m. in Bordeaux, France, five people saw two bright metallic discs fly over a factory.

He gives the source as "Michel Figeut [sic] & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le premier dossier complet des rencontres rapprochees en France, p. 125."

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Gironde in Bordeaux on October 5, 1954 at 11:45 hours five workmen of a factory see two brilliant metallic discs at the vertical of the factory.

Luc Chastan indicates that the source is "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 5 October 1954 at 11:45, in Bordeaux, France, two bright metallic flying discs were observed over a factory by five witnesses at a factory for two minutes.

The sources are indicates as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

Oct. 5, 1954 - At 11:45 a.m. in Bordeaux, France, five people saw two bright metallic discs fly over a factory. (Source: Michel Figuet & Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le premier dossier complet des rencontres rapprochees en France, p. 125).

[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
19541005			05.10.1954		Bordeaux	France

Explanations:

It is very possible that the two discs were actually a pair of air force jet fighters. It was not even reported if the "discs" emitted noise or not.

Keywords:

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

Bordeaux, Gironde, disc, two, metallic, shiny, multiple

Sources:

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

[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 5, 1954.
[----] Article in the regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France, October 6, 1954.
[ous1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde - Résumé des Archives et dossiers de la section de Bordeaux du C.F.R.U.", catalogue in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, Nouvelle Série #9, page 22, 4^th quarter 1973.
[ufa1] "Catalogue général des observations de la Gironde (I)", catalogue in the ufology bulletin Ufologia, ufology group C.F.R.U., France, #1, page 9, November / December 1975.
[fru1] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, page 125, 1979.
[gep1] "Fichier de Recensement Pasqualini, list, in the ufology bulletin GEPO Informations, ufology group GEPO, France, #20, May / August 1980.
[lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[djn1] "Encounters With Aliens On This Day - October 5", web page compiled by Donald A. Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/October09.html.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=701
[uda1] "5 Oct 1954 - Bordeaux, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf02/uf2/022025.htm
[nip1] List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	May 5, 2005	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 4, 2009	Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [djn1], [lcn1], [uda1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 8, 2014	Addition [nip1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	February 16, 2017	Addition [nip1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	December 28, 2018	Additions [ous1], [lhh1]. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.4	Patrick Gross	April 24, 2022	Addition [gep1].
1.5	Patrick Gross	May 25, 2022	Addition [ufa1].

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