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January 9, 1954, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme:

Reference for this case: 9-Jan-54-Clermont-Ferrand.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The local weekly newspaper Le Semeur, from the Puy-de-Dôme, reported on page 2 on January 17, 1954, that on January 9, 1954 at 9:30 p.m., a meteor had crossed the sky of Clermont-Ferrand, seeming to move at very slow speed, leaving behind a long trail of fire, and that many inhabitants of La Plaine had had time to see it.

It does not seem there was any interpretation of this event as a "saucer" or UFO.

Reports:

[Ref. smr1:] NEWSPAPER "LE SEMEUR":

A METEOR IN THE SKY
OF CLERMONT

A 09:30 p.m., on Saturday January 9, a meteor crossed the sky of Clermont. It seemed to be moving at very slow speed, leaving behind a long trail of fire. Many inhabitants of La Plaine have had time to see it.

Explanations:

There is currently no particular reason for this meteor sighting to be anything other than that, and I think it was likely a meteor. However, the sighting should be documented here in my opinion, because:

On the same day in north-eastern France, there was a meteor widely observed, but often considered by journalists and ufologists as a "flying saucer" or a UFO.
The hour is not the same, it would be 7:48 a.m. for the other observations of that day.
It is not excluded that I find in the future a report about this event which would have an interpretation other than that of a meteor.
It is not excluded that I find in the future a report about an event not far from there which would have an interpretation other than that of a meteor.

Keywords:

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

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, meteor, La Plaine, multiple, night, negative case, trail, slow, fire

Sources:

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

[smr1] Article in the local newspaper Le Semeur, Aubières, Puy-de-Dôme, France, page 2, January 17, 1954.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	January 8, 2021	First published.

This page was last updated on January 8, 2021.