The full list of cases for France in 1954 is here. This page lists only the sightings reported to have occurred in the Dordogne 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 |
