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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. lp1:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:

THE SAUCERS

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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.

[Ref. jv1:] 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. jv2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

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.

[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates in her catalogue that in 1954, on October 9, in France in Alès in the Gard, "At 11:45, several witnesses including Mr. Taurelle, working at the Riche-Hôtel, say they saw a motionless saucer, whirling on itself, then disappearing fast while accelerating."

The source is indicated as "Jacques VALLEE – Jeanine VALLEE : 'Les phénomènes insolites de l'espace' , hardcover LAFFONT 1978, p. 77".

[Ref. jb1:] JEROME BEAU:

1954

[...]

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.

The source is indicated as "Vallée J. 1966".

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Gard in Alès on October 9, 1954, at an unknown hour "Several witnesses, see a motionless saucer, whirling on itself, then disappearing quickly while accelerating."

The source is indicated to be my website at http://ufologie.net.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 9 October 1954 at 11:45 in Ales, France, a hovering object was observed. One disc was observed by several witnesses in a town.

The sources are indicated as Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073); Vallee, Jacques, Challenge to Science: The UFO Enigma, Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1966; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

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.

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed By: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross December 30, 2004 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross March 8, 2009 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [go1], [lc1], [ud1].

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