France 1954 ▶ Home ☰

The 1954 French flap:

The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.

Beg. October 1954, Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud:

Reference for this case: Beg-oct-54-Ajaccio.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The regional newspapers L'Ardennais and L'Alsace, and the national newspaper Paris-Presse, for October 6, 1954, had reported that there had been an observation in Ajaccio. There was no date or other information, this being listed among sightings of October 1, 2 and 3, 1954.

Reports:

[Ref. ads1:] NEWSPAPER "L'ARDENNAIS":

The flying objects saraband

(Continued from the first page)

[...]

Saucers, cigars, discs, balls and other "flying" objects were seen at Chancelade (Haute-Vienne), Willer (Haut-Rhin) [Sep. 30.], Gouesnach, near Quimper [Oct. 2], Beutignecourt, Ambazac (Haute-Vienne) [Oct. 1], Dijon [Oct. 2], Marcoing near Cambrai [Oct. 3], Pommier (Indre) [Oct. 3], Rouen [Oct. 3], Ajaccio, la Rochelle [Oct. 2], Quimper [Oct. 2], Cholet [Oct. 2] and Vannes [Oct. 2].

[...]

[Ref. lae1:] NEWSPAPER "L'ALSACE":

The newspaper reports on October 6, 1954, with no other information, that there was a sighting in Ajaccio. The date is not given but the sighting is mentioned among others that took place on October 2 and 3, 1954.

See the article here.

[Ref. ppe1:] NEWSPAPER "PARIS-PRESSE":

After saucers and cigars

A newcomer in the sky: the
"flying barrel"

AFTER the saucers, cigars, spheres, pots, here is the flying barrel. It was in the Charente that it was "seen" by a motorcyclist, Mr. Jean Allary. It was "studded with golden nails" and was swinging by the side of the road.

In Annoeullin, near Lille, a worker who was smoking a cigar (a real one) in his garden, saw a luminous object in the shape of a crescent landing twenty meters from him. At his shouts, ten billiards players came running from a nearby cafe; the saucer had taken off, but a dozen "luminous dots" were moving above them.

Saucers, cigars, discs, balls and other "flying" objects were spotted in Chancelade (Haute-Vienne), Willer (Haut-Rhin), Gouesnach, near Quimper, Bautignecourt, Ambazac (Haute-Vienne), Dijon, Marcoing, near Cambrai, Pommier (Indre), Rouen, Ajaccio, La Rochelle, Quimper, Cholet, Vannes, Lyon and Le Havre. A la Combe-au-Chèvres, in the Haut Jura, also, but it was just a rain gauge.

[Ref. cci1:] CHRISTOPHE CANIONI:

The author says that during the 1954 saucer flap, the newspaper L'Alsace mentioned an observation in Ajaccio without giving other details.

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541001			01.10.1954		Ajaccio	France

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

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

Ajaccio, Corse, Corse-du-Sud

Sources:

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

[lae1] Article in the regional newspaper L'Alsace, Mulhouse, France, October 6, 1954.
[ads1] Article in the regional newspaper L'Ardennais, France, October 6, 1954.
[ppe1] Article in the national newspaper Paris-Presse, Paris, France, page 5, October 6, 1954.
[cci1] "OVNIS dans le Ciel Corse", book by Christophe Canioni, Anima Corsa publishers, page 126, 2011.
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 3, 2010	First published, [lae1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	October 15, 2014	Addition [cci1].
1.2	Patrick Gross	December 26 2016	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	July 22, 2019	Addition [lae1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.4	Patrick Gross	January 16, 2020	Addition [ppe1]. In the Summary, addition of "and the national newspaper Paris-Presse"

This page was last updated on January 16, 2020.