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The 1954 French flap:

The full list of cases for France in 1954 is here. This page lists only the sightings reported to have occurred in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. Lists for other departments are here.

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The 1954 French cases in the Alpes-Maritimes department:

Click on the locations in the 2nd column to get the case file.

Date: City/place, department: Hour: W: CL: JV: T: Ex:
Oct. 27Menton.08:40 p.m.1N/AN/AAMeteor.
Oct. 25Menton.10:25 p.m.3NLMA1BLos strangeness, unidentified.
Oct. 16Cannes.Evening.(x)NL?BProbable 09:35 p.m. meteor.
Oct. 16Blausasc.10:00(x)DD?CInsufficient information.
Mid Oct.Grasse.?(1)CE3CE3ANegative case, misinterpretation or journalistic invention.
Oct. 14Antibes.06:30 p.m.(x)NLFB1AThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Juan-les-Pins.06:30 p.m.(2)NLFB1BProbable meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Le Bar-sur-Loup.06:15 p.m.(x)??AThe 06:15 p.m. meteor.
Oct. 14Biot.06:15 p.m.1CE1CE1BThe meteor at 06:10 p.m plus invention.
Oct. 14Séranon.06:15 p.m.(x)DD?BThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Gourdon.06:15 p.m.???BProbable meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Opio.06:15 p.m.???BThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Grasse.06:15 p.m.(x)DD?AThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.06:15 p.m.(x)DD?BProbable meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Saint-Auban.06:00 p.m.(100+)DDFB1AThe 06:13 p.m. meteor.
Oct. 12Villefranche pass.08:30 p.m.(x)NLFB1BPossible shooting star.
Oct. 12Cannes.??NL?BTotally insufficient information.
Oct. 12Nice.??NL?BTotally insufficient information.
Oct. 9Nice.11:15 p.m.(1NLFB1BPossible meteor.
Oct. 9Nice.Night.(1NL?BPossible meteor.
Oct. 8 or 9 or 16Saint-Laurent-du-Var.Evening.1(x)NLNLBProbable meteor.
Oct. 8La Colmiane.11:15 p.m.?NLMA1Insufficient information, possible helicopter.
Sep. 27Vallauris.06:00 p.m.1(1(2)DDFB1BProbable jet plane.
Aug.Caussols.Night.1(2+)NLFB1BProbable meteor.
June 13Nice.?(2N/AAN1AProbably comonplace glass explosion.
Beg. JuneNice.??N/AAN1BWindshield cancer, no proven strangeness.
MayCannes.07:30 p.m.(1)NLAN1BPossible meteor.
SpringGorbio.02:40(1CE3CE3BPossible invention.
May 53 or 54Cagnes-sur-Mer.00:30 a.m.1CE3CE3BPossible meteor and misinterpretation.
Total: 30

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