The full list of cases for France in 1954 is here. This page lists only the sightings reported to have occurred in the Charente-Maritime department. Lists for other departments are here.
Click on the locations in the 2nd column to get the case file.
| Date: | City/place: | Hour: | W: | CL: | JV: | T: | Ex: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec. | Bru. | 21:00 | (3 | CE2 | CE2 | B | Unidentified. |
| 8 Oct. | Bordas. | 20:45 | 1(1 | CE2 | CE2 | B | Extraterrestrial visitors or helicopter. |
| 5 Oct. | La Jemaye. | 21:45 | 1(1 | NL | MA1 | B | Extraterrestrial visitors or helicopter. |
| 5 Oct. | Sarlat-la-Canéda. | ? | (1) | ? | ? | C | Unidentified |
| 5 Oct. | Trémolat. | 01:00 | (1 | NL | MA1 | C | Possible extraterrestrial visitors. |
| 4 Oct. | Chaleix. | ? | 1 | CE3 | CE3 | A | Helicopter and crew |
| 3 Oct. | Thenon. | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | Totally insufficient information. |
| 1 Oct. | Bergerac. | 22:00 | 2 | CE3 | CE3 | C | Extraterrestrial visitors or invention. |
| Oct. | Saint-Aulaye. | 00:30 a.m. | (2 | NL | FB1 | B | Probable meteor. |
| Beg. Oct. | Lavalade. | ? | 1 | ? | ? | C | Possible extraterrestrial visitors. |
| Beg. Oct. | Le Chambon. | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | Totally insufficient information. |
| 30 Sep. | Monpazier. | 20:00 | ? | ? | ? | B | Totally insufficient information. |
| 23 Sep. | Thenon. | 17:00 | (16) | DD | FB1 | B | Invention. |
| 3 Sep. | Gardonne. | 18:30 | ? | ? | ? | B | Totally insufficient information. |
| 6 Aug. | Beaumont-du-Périgord. | 22:40 | 1(1(1) | NL | AN1 | B | Possible planes and military drill. |
| Total: 15 | |||||||
Hynek classification:
| CE3 | 2 | (Cases with reported "UFO occupants".) |
|---|---|---|
| CE2 | 2 | (Cases with reported physical traces.) |
| CE1 | 0 | (Cases with witnesses at less than 50 meters of the "UFO".) |
| RV | 0 | (Cases of object(s) seen and confirmed by radar.) |
| DD | 1 | (Cases of object(s) in daytime, "Daylight Disk".) |
| NL | 4 | (Cases where a luminous phenomenon seen in night time is reported, "Nocturnal light(s)".) |
| Negative cases | 0 | (Cases readily explained by the witness(es) or reported as example of misinterpretation, or non-event.) |
| Undetermined | 6 | (Cases where lack of data prevents Hynek classification.) |
Vallée classification:
(Only the cases for which the classification is applicable are counted here. See the counts of indetermined and negative cases in the Hynek classification counts above.)
| AN1 | 1 | (Observation: light or mysterious explosion.) |
|---|---|---|
| AN2 | 0 | (Physical effects: "poltergeists", crop circles.) |
| AN3 | 0 | (Entities of "ghost" type, extraterrestrial, cryptozoological animal (Yéti, Loch Ness, etc).) |
| AN4 | 0 | ("Reality transformation": NDE, OBE, vision or hallucination with religious content.) |
| AN5 | 0 | (Abnormal wounds or death: spontaneous human combustion, stigmata, etc.) |
| FB1 | 2 | (Observation: continuous trajectory of the UFO.) |
| FB2 | 0 | (FB1 plus physical effects: UFO leaving a physical trace.) |
| FB3 | 0 | (FB1 plus entities: observation of beings (CE3).) |
| FB4 | 0 | (FB1 plus "realit transformation": the witness(es) fell a transformation of the reality.) |
| FB5 | 0 | (FB1 plus wound or death: wound or death caused by a UFO (CE6).) |
| MA1 | 2 | (Observation: discountinuous trajectory of the UFO.) |
| MA2 | 0 | (MA1 plus physical effects: UFO leavint a physical trace.) |
| MA3 | 0 | (MA1 plus entities: observation of beings (CE3).) |
| MA4 | 0 | (MA1 plus "transformation of the reality": the witness(es) fell a transformation of the reality.) |
| MA5 | 0 | (MA1 plus wound or death: wound or death caused by a UFO (CE6).) |
| CE1 | 0 | (The UFO is close.) |
| CE2 | 2 | (Physical effects: UFO leaving a physical trace.) |
| CE3 | 2 | (Entities: observation of beings.) |
| CE4 | 0 | (Transformation of the reality: Abductions (CE4).) |
| CE5 | 0 | (Wound or death: wound or death caused by a UFO (CE6).) |
| A | 23 | (Proven ordinary explanation.) |
|---|---|---|
| B | 10 | (Probable ordinary explanation.) |
| C | 4 | (Unidentified deespite sufficient information, possible extraterrestrial visitors.) |
| D | 0 | (Proven extraterrestrial visitors.) |
| Totally insufficient information | 3 |
|---|---|
| Unidentified | 2 |
| Possible extraterrestrial visitors | 2 |
| Extraterrestrial visitors or helicopter | 2 |
| Extraterrestrial visitors or invention | 1 |
| Certain helicopter | 1 |
| Insufficient information | 1 |
| Invention | 1 |
| Possible plane(s) | 1 |
| Probable meteor | 1 |
