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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 Bouches-du-Rhône department. Lists for other departments are here.

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The 1954 French cases in the Bouches-du-Rhône department:

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

Date: City/place, department: Hour: W: CL: JV: T: Ex:
Dec. 24Aix-en-Provence.07:00???BTotally insufficient information, no strangeness.
Dec. 14Marseille.07:15 a.m.1x(1NLFB1AVery probable meteor.
Nov. 4Marseille, Bouches du Rhône.??DD?ANegative case, non event.
Oct. 31Meyreuil.06:30 p.m.1(1DDFB1BProbable 06:15 p.m. meteor.
Mid Oct.Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.09:00 p.m.?NL?BTotally insufficient information.
Mid Oct.Saint-Pierre.?(3)?FB1BPossible meteor du 14 octobre 1954.
Oct. 15Aix-en-Provence.11:30 a.m.(?)DDFB1AProbably the Padua University high altitude balloon.
Oct. 15Vernègues.?(x)??APossible meteor, insufficient information.
Oct. 14Fuveau.06:10 p.m.1(x)DDFB1AThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Aubagne.06:10 p.m.1(10+)DDFB1AThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Marseille.06:09 p.m.1(2(x)DDFB1AThe meteor at 06:13 p.m.
Oct. 14Mallemort.06:00 a.m.3DDMA1BProbably the 06:13 p.m. meteor.
Oct. 14Marseille.Early afternoon.(?)DDFB1BPossible helicopters.
Oct. 13Arles.07:00 p.m.2(x)NLMA1BProbable Venus.
Oct. 12Marseille.06:15 p.m.(1(x)DDMA1CUnidentified, insufficient information.
Oct. 10Marseille.11:30 p.m.(1)NLMA1BPossible helicopter or plane.
Oct. 9Saint-Chamas.08:15 p.m.?NLFB1BProbable meteor.
Oct. 7Cassis.????BTotally insufficient information, possible plane.
Oct. 6Meyrargues.????BInsufficient information.
Oct. 3Raphèle-lès-Arles.09:00 p.m.(1(x)NLMA1CUnidentified.
Oct. 2Carry-le-Rouet.?(3)??BInsufficient information, possible avion.
Oct. Beg.Saint-Menet.02:16 p.m.1(1DD?BPossible meteor or plane.
Oct. Beg.Saint-Victoret.01:30 p.m.1(2+DDMA1BPossible helicopter.
Oct. Beg.Marseille.?(4)??BTotally insufficient information.
End Sep.Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône.?(2)1??BPossible flare.
Sep. 28Marseille.Night.(x)NLFB1BPossible lighthouse reflection on clouds.
Sep. 28Cuges-les-Pins.06:50 a.m.1CE1CE1CExtraterrestrial visitors or invention.
Sep. 7Marseille, Bouche-du-Rhône.08:00 p.m.1(2DDMA1BProbable balloon.
Aug. 22Marseille.08:00 p.m.
Aug. 22Marseillveyre.08:00 p.m.3(1(x)DDFB1ANegative case, meteor.
Aug. 9Marseille.19:30(1DDMA1APhotographic hoax.
Jul. 17Istres.?(2)CE1CE1CUnexplained, windshield cancer.
Jul. 5Gardanne.12:47(6)DDMA1CUnidentified, possible extraterrestrial visitors.
June 26Rognac.?2N/AAN1BWindshield cancer, low strangeness.
June 7Marseille.?2DD?APhotographic hoax.
June 7Marseille.?(1NLAN1APhotographic hoax.
June 1Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.End of day.1DDAN1CPossible extraterrestrial craft.
May 28Marseille.12:30(1)DDMA1BPossible balloon, plane or helicopter.
May 26Marseille.06:30 p.m.(1)DDFB1BPhotographic hoax.
May 25Marseille.12:30(1)??BTotally insufficient information.
May 24Marseille.01:40 a.m.(1)NLMA1CUnidentified.
May 23Marseille.06:45 p.m.(x)DDFB1BPossible plane or helicopter.
May 23Marseille.01:40 a.m.???BTotally insufficient information.
Mar. 11Aix-en-Provence.01:58 a.m.(1NLFB1BProbable meteor.
Feb. 22Fuveau.07:01 p.m.(x)DDMA1BPossible helicopter.
Feb. 22Aix-en-Provence.07:00 p.m.(1(x)DDMA1BPossible helicopter.
Jan. 5Saint-Martin-de-Crau.10:45 p.m.(4+)NLFB1BProbable meteor.
Jan. 4Marignane.09:00 p.m.1
Jan. 4Arles.09:00 p.m.?CE2?BTotally insufficient information, possible double-entry.
1954Marseille.Afternoon.?CE3CE3BTotally insufficient information.
1954Marseille.??CE1CE1ANegative case, photographic hoax.
Total: 51

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