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The 1954 French flap:

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Beginning of October, 1954, Blaye, Gironde:

Reference for this case: Beg-Oct-54-Blaye.
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Summary:

In a general catalog of sighting reports of the Gironde written by the Bordeaux section of the C.F.R.U., published in the ufology magazine Ouranos in the fourth quarter of 1973, it is said that according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper for October 8, 1954, the following observation occurred:

Before October 8, 1954, therefore, at Blaye, Mr. and Mrs. Dubreuilh reportedly saw seen a kind of orange-colored flying "banana", just above the railway station; which disappeared at high speed towards Lamarque in the Southwest while illuminating the horizon of a bright red color similar to a sunset.

Reports:

[Ref. ous1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":

Scan.

Before October 8, 1954 Blaye BA V4

Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Dubreuilh. Kind of orange color flying "banana", just above the railway station. Disappeared at high speed towards Lamarque (S.W.) illuminating the horizon with a bright red color similar to a sunset.

S.O. for Oct. 8, 54

[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":

Scan.

BEFORE 08 OCTOBER 1954 Blaye BA/V 4

Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. DUBREUILH. Kind of a flying, orange "banana" just above the railway station; Disappeared at high speed towards LAMARQUE (SW) illuminating the horizon with a red color.

(S.O. October 08, 1954)

Note: "BA" stands for "Low Altitude"; "V 4" stands for "spacecraft of unknown origin".

[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":

10/7/54 08:30 p.m. Blaye-station --> SW 307C2

Explanations:

Map.

The information is quite poor, the apparent srangeness very weak. It could have been a meteor, for example.

Keywords:

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

Blaye, Gironde, Dubreuilh, couple, banana, flying, orange, fast, direction, horizon, red

Sources:

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Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross December 25, 2018 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross April 1, 2022 Addition [gep1].
1.2 Patrick Gross May 24, 2022 Addition [ufa1].

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