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Reference number for this case: 29-Oct-54-Bessèges. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. lp1:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:
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Luminous fireballs in the sky of Bagnols and Connaux (Gard)Bagnols (C.P.). Worthy of faith observers reported to us that they have observed Thursday evening, around 9 p.m., in the sky of Bagnols and Connaux, luminous phenomena of which they give the following description. It was a blue flame, of a blue approaching the flame of combustion of hydrogen observed with welders. The phenomenon which moved at high speed from East to West left behind itself a short red trail. Its passage above Bagnols lasted 5 seconds approximately it suddenly disappeared. The observations are concordant, two people having made us statements were place of Perières, the third in the yard of the boys school. Another person observed a similar phenomenon with Connaux about the same hour. A WEIRD OBJECT IN THE SKY OF BESSEGESBessèges (C.P.). Yesterday Friday, at 8 p.m., Mr. Albert Rivière, radio-engineer, 28, street of the Republic, in Bessègues, returned from Molières-sur-Cèze by car with a friend, when, in the hamlet of Revesty [sic, Revety], his attention was drawn by a definitely visible gleam in the sky, in the direction of Malbosc. During half an hour the witnesses observed the phenomenon. The mysterious object, of an orange color drawing on the red with a large volume - several times that of a star - became suddenly smaller, while taking a bluish color. It also appeared to change altitude with a disconcerting ease. Let's report that in a district of the Travers, about fifteen people stated to have seen at the same hour a luminous disc evolving in the sky. Their observations match exactly those of Mr. Rivière and his fellow traveler. |
[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 27 September 1954 in Besseges, France, "An object was sighted by multiple independent witnesses that had an appearance and aerobatic performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. Explanation: Planet."
The sources are indicated as Guieu, Jimmy, Flying Saucers Come from Another World, Citadel, New York, 1956; Michel, Aime, Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery, S. G. Phillips, New York, 1958; Bowen, Charles, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, FSR, London, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, Preliminary Catalog (N = 500), (in JVallee01); Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Rogerson, Peter, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports, Hatch, Larry; *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
[Ref. ud2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 29 September 1954 at 20:00 in Besseges, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by seven witnesses (Revesty)."
The source is indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073).
Not looked for yet.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Bessèges, Gard, night, car, multiple, Alber Rivière, radio, electrician, Revety, duration, orange, red, star, blue, disc, luminous
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | July 12, 2007 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 18, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [ud1], [ud2]. |
