The 1954 French flap:
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OCTOBER 9, 1954, ALES, GARD:
Reference number for this case: 9-Oct-54-Alès. Thank you for including this reference number
in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
REPORTS:
[Ref. 1663:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:
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THE SAUCERS
the initial bluish gleam gave place to a white headlight such as it
had appeared to me at the begining.
The sky of Alès had its flying saucer
Alès (C.P.).
Yesterday at 11. 45, several people passing on the Pont Vieux [Old Bridge]
in Alès saw a flying saucer which after having seemed to remain
motionless, whirled on itself, and disappeared suddenly at the horizon
while taking altitude.
Among the witnesses for the [illegible] let us quote the name of Mr.
Taurelle, room boy at the Riche Hotel.
A flying saucer above an Egyptian airfield
Alexandria (A.C.P.).
Official sources state that a mysterious craft remained in
the airs above the control tower of the airfield of Muzha during
one hour, Saturday evening.
The craft having the shape of a lengthened "saucer", changed
color, going from red to orange, then green to gray, before moving
away at a fantastic speed.
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[Ref. 267:] JACQUES VALLEE:
Jacques Vallée notes that in Alès in the department of the Gard, on
October 9, 1954 at 11:45, several witnesses among whose Mr. Taurelle
who worked at the Riche-Hotel, observed a motionless saucer whirling
on itself; which disappeared quickly while accelerating.
[Ref. 187] JACQUES VALLEE:
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October 9, 1954, 11:45, Alès (Gard)
Severel witnesses, among them Mr. Taurelle (working in Riche-Hôtel) see a motionless saucer,
rotating, then disappearing quickly while accelerating.
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[Ref. 588:] "RR0" WEBSITE:
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1954
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October 9
11:45: In Alès (Gard), several witnesses, amon those Mr. Taurelle (working in Riche-Hotel) see a
motionless saucer, whirling on itself, then disappearing quickly while accelerating [Vallée 1966].
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EXPLANATIONS:
Not looked for yet.
KEYWORDS:
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Alès, Gard, Taurelle, saucer, rotation, fast, multiple
REFERENCES:
[-] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.
- [1663] Article in the regional newspaper "Le Provençal", October 11, 1954.
- [267] "Les phénomènes insolites de l'espace", book by Jacques Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, page 77, 1966.
- [187] "Un siècle d'atterrissages", article by Jacques Vallée, Lumière Dans la Nuit, magazine, #43.
- [588] "1954", web page on the website "RR0", by Jérôme Beau, www.rr0.org/1954.html.
