The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 6-Oct-54-Saint-Luperce.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In their 1979 book, the two ufologists Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon indicated that according to the newspaper L'Echo Républicain for October 7, 1954, in Saint-Luperce in the Eure-et-Loir department on October 6, 1954, at 02:30, two luminous ovoid-shaped craft swaying noiselessly over the skyline were observed.
[Ref. fru1:] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Saint-Luperce in the department of Eure-et-Loir, on October 6, 1954 at 02:30, two luminous machines of ovoid shape were observed, swinging without noise above the horizon.
They indicate that the source is L'Echo Républicain for October 7, 1954.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
3988: 1954/10/06 02:30 1 1:19:00 E 48:25:20 N 3333 WEU FRN E&L 6:6
St-LUPERCE,FR:2 SLNT OVOIDS SWING OVR HORIZON:/Echo Republicain+/r30p128
Ref#197 WEINSTEIN, D: French Newsclips 1954 Page No. 55 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Eure et Loir, in St Luperce, on October 6, 1954 at 02:30 hours, there was an observation of two luminous craft of ovoid form being swinging without noise above the horizon.
The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... by Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** Alain Lefeuvre pub. 1979".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 6 October 1954 at 02:30 in St-Luperce, France, two silent ovoids swing over horizon. "Unidentified objects were sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. Two ovoid objects were observed in a town for over one minute. No sound was heard."
The source is indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
[Ref. jqy1:] JEAN DE QUERCY:
On October 6, 1954 at 02:30, two ovoid-shaped luminous craft, hovering noiselessly above the horizon line, were observed.
The UFODNA website states: "Unidentified objects were sighted, but with an appearance and behavior that, most likely, would have a conventional explanation. Two ovoid objects were observed in a city for more than a minute. No sound was heard."
(Source: L'Echo Républicain for October 7, 1954.)
Possible helicopters.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Saint-Luperce, Eure-et-Loir, craft, luminous, objects, ovoid, oval, silent, swinging
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