Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 31 July–20 September 1954

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31 JULY -20 SEPTEMAER 1954

WESTERN EUROPE

* FLYING SAUCER” SIGHTED OVER BREGENZ iw» Vienna, Neve Wiener Tapeszeitung,

Bregenz, 20 August -- Three tohabitants of Hard, on the Lake of Constance,

ooserved a “flying saucer” at about 2085 hours on 19 August. A carpenter named
Fessiec, his son-in-lav, and Kloser, & teacher, deserived it as follows: a-p:4)i
gleasing disk-shened orject, aout twice as large as Venus, cane frou the south- a
west, flying in the digestion ve preender-_Suddenl, it turned and vent in the I

opposite direction, making: sore-8-rupt- Zi Gzags over Bregenz. After atout 2
= Qinutes, it disappeared into a bank of clouds. —

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*PLYING SAUCER” OVER HELSINKI -- Paris, Franc-Tireur, 15 Sep 94

Several pecple report having seen & eireulsr fl,ins opject over Helsing.
aa th: aight of 14 Septenver. The ovject, Flying ot an altitude of 900 webers,
gave off an intense Lint and left & trail of reddish snoxe a-out three ties
“dts diaseter. It was-vistvle- for about * seconds.

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= SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OQJECTS,
31 JULY -20 SEPTEMBER 1928

WESTERN EUROPE
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_™RLYING SAUCER” SIGHTED OVER BREGENZ -- Vienna, Neue Wiener Tageszeitung,
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Bregenz, 20 August o+* Three tnhabitants of Hard, on the Lake -of Constance, po

ooserved a "flying saucec™ at apout 2045 hours on 19 August. A carpenter named o-oo
Fessler, his son-in-lev, and Kloser, a teacher, deserived it as follows: 8-s:4lt 7
leasing disk-stercd osject, arout-tvice as large 45 Venus, cane froa the gsouth-
west, flying in the digestion of Preender- Suddepl; it turned and vent in the
opposite direction, making sore a.rupt zigzags- over Bregenz. After avout 2

_. »- Binutes, it disappeared into a-pana of cloudsemn o> Se

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“FLYING SAUCER" OVER HELSINKI == Paris; FeencsTircur, 15 Sep 954

Several pecple report having seen a-ciccular fl, ing object over Belging. oo
sa th: aight of 14 Septencvere The ovjcct, flcsing at 46 altitude of 900 seters,

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France

MANY FERSONS SKE UNUSUAL OBJECT OVER PARIS -- Paria, Le Parisien Livere,
3 Sep 54

"*  Jolivet, a resident of Paris, reported that on 30 August, he had seen
a lutinous, cireular opject flying over the city. After his report appeared
in the press, vany other persons [source gtwes nanes and addresses} reporte)
that the; had witnessed the phenomenon on the sace day. . Sone of the re, orts
indicate that the ooject was leaded south-souttwest, while other reports
indicate a northeast direction; but, according to Claire Cordier and Anire.
Ceeffier, tvo natives of Angers, the obvsect disappeared toward the aorch.
jClatre Cordier reported a "disa” fl ing over her hose town as well; see
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"FLYING DISK" SIGHTED IN WESTERN FRANCE == Algiers, Alger Repudlicain, & Sep 54

A disk-shased o- ject was ino date given} o-sesved b, various persons -
sioultsnesusl, at about 2020 hours, fl ing over angers and Lion~<d‘Angers, both
in'Mainc-et-Loire Depastment; and over Chatedu Gontier, Ma,enne Departsent, se
Tue etiect wes genccall. des¢rived.as being crown and emitting a smoce trall of e
an odd hue of green. According to Claize Cordies, a nurse in Angers, the Goject - -
rave off a soft drone, and its glow was.ceniniscent of the lisht in neon tubes.
The phenonencn was visivle for_several uinutes. _ :

- UNIDENTIFIED OSJECTS SREN IN SOMME DEPARTMENT. ---Daxar,.Paris-Dasac, 10 Sep 54

A 2j- car~-old mason and-his-assistant- report that cecenth: (on , Sseptemper;

see .elow] -.. saw a gra object resenlsling a-teuncated aillstone vith a large
“_tnverted pa-te h ing on-it-in a field avout 200 eters from the road where the.
were -iz.cling, near Acheux-ensAnienois, dsus.e Depart.ent. Te object osell-
Jated slow] and seated to have a closed door on its side. Wien the wen had

run about 50 celers toward it, the ovject vegan to fl. awas, Smoke was then
visible from a sort of exhaust pipe on_the underside. Atter ar oblique Sarsh
of about l> meters, the o:ject rose vertica}l; and dissppeared. Folice late:
found no traces of the object.

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Paris, Le Parisien Livere, lu Sep 54

Emire Renard, a mason, and Yves de Guillessc., his assistant, sew what
the: considered to be a "fl. ing-saucer” at 0,15 hours un j Seplexver. Both
men are znown to ve ver. reliable. Te: stated that the osjest apLarentl,
never tcuched ground, out hovered ovove the ground lise a helicopter. JL was
adout 10 neters in diameter and-3 veters in height, did not glow, and deportes
noiseless] , trailing smoke as 1% toon off. The, saw the ooject for at least
3 rinutes.

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“yLYLNG DISK" SIGHTED IN AISNE DEPARTMENT “=< Tisis, Le Parisien Libere,
1& Sep 54
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At about C030 hours on ( Septecoer, Rovect Chovel and his wife anid father:
in-lav vere driving hove fron the theater in Hirscn, Aisne Departrent, wien
they sav a lusinous, red-orange "disk™ flyin scove the railroad track. The
-"disx” stopred suddenl, across the rosd, juw-40: seters froa the geound. It


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seered to have on its upper side a s7all luminous tall forming an integral part
of the object.

When the travelers reached the bridge at Bulre, they gaw what the, telievel -
to oa a "fl.ing esucer”™ increasing ite Altitude; as soon as the car lights
beased on ik, the ouject started flying at great speed tcvard La Herie, 3-4
Klloseters

UNUSUAL OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER NORMANDY, -- Paris, Franc-Tireur, 16 dep 54

At 0800 hours on 15 Septemver, according to the repcrt of Leciere, 4
hevspaper agent in Carpiquet, Calvados Department, a white point of light
appeared in the sky and grew rapidly in size. It was oval-shaped and rad
unusual orilliance. The phenosenon lasted 2 minutes. - The witness stated that 9 >> >>>
a*° -he was not subject tc nallucinations. a - —

ae A siallar phenowenon was reportedly seen by a faruer in Thson, also in =
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PELIEVE "FLYING SAUCER" PILOTS WERE SMUGGLERS -- Yaris, Franc -Tireurj-o2 fc n8r rhe tats
16 Sep 54

{The following is edditional-inforaation on- reports of two cases cited in
the Fels roundup of 14 Septemoer 1954.) 9 > a .

Tyo ofthe alleged recent: landings (on 10 September] in France of “flyin:
saucers™ are considered by the. local air police to have been nothing sore than
the isnding of planes _used-in-snuzgling. Furthermore, {n one case, the far.er
“da Correze Department stated that the pilot uttered unintelligicle words; Jet

the farner wss_certainly:- no polyglot aad could easily have teen fooled. In the
other case, in Valencitennes Departsent, the witness may have ween sincere, but7- ~
it should be noted that he had-a-cranial traumatiss one year azo and several
nervous disturvances since. It is true, however, that-in the latter case, the - >
air police: found four unusual marks-cn the-ratlraad ties near the spot inileated -
, the vitness, marks that-could not have seen made by the tools of railroad
workers.

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STRANGE FLYLNG OBJECT SEEN IN TUSCANY <- Paris, Franc-Tireur, 1, Sep 54

Orosseto, 16 Septenser -- Two inhabitants of Piti¢liano repos: the
stentins of a round, vhite object eaking | a B steanges | loud ate bears news

thea disappeared at. high speed. ___

MYSTERIOUS OWECT OBSERVED OVER ROME -- Dakar, Paris-Daxar, 20 Sep 5h

Rose, 13 Septentec (AFP) .--.On the afternoon of Lj September, the control
tover st the Ciampino alr base ouserved a mysterious object sraped like half a
cigar flying slowly at an altitude of about 1,200 meters... Tne object, leaving
a trail of luainous smoke; was-visible for about 4O minutes. Thuse canis 3 the
wover watched the osject make a hOO-ueter dive and then cegain its for.es altl-
tude, movin; from a horizontal to a vertical positton. As the cbject toon off
towsrd the sea, the Ciampino tower notified the Pratica di Mare control -owes,


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30 kLlonetess froa Row, which picked up the object and followed it on its
radar gsereed Yor about ZO ninutes. The radar ohowed the Presence of an antenna
Located at the center of the wideat part of the object.

The Netnerlands

- MFLYING SAUCERS” OVER THE HAGUE -- A.aterdaz, De Telegraaf, 6 ing 54
2 Ten firemen and their chief ovserved vo "flying saucers” over Tlic Hasue
on the night of & August vetween 2309 and 2400 hours. The objects were seen
In the clear night air at a high altitude. They moved ot .ncredible speed, -
at times cenaining notionless for 35 long as 30 seconds. They were descrived
as being flat ovals with 8 whitish-gray Vight. All of the observers agreed
* That the objects sould not have been sircraft-or-talloons.

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NEAR EAST/AFRICA

SIGHT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER IZMIR FROVINCE—---Nicosia, Halkin Ses:,
31 Jul Si

T2air, 30 July (Turaish News Agency) «+ It nas been reported that unidenti- —
fied Cizing objects have recentl, been cuserved in tie sxy over T2ais. Provinces, 0000 _
These ovjests, which have seen sighted dv thousands of pegsons in the Ages. 8.4
area of Izuir Provinee, were flyinz at great speed frou esst to west. — 22 ee

Iamte, Yeni Asir, 18 Aug 54--—. _

_On l/ August, av approximately 100U hours, as. the Aywalis-le.ielves 20 2 8
apyroacned the Berja.a road intersection, passengers obsesved a SilvecHtuel,
eval object in the air. Mustafa Turuut, ene of the 5 passenie.s, StIies Liat
the ooject appesced to de ver, close to the cround and that iv aiitred a sud
sustling sound, cose, ani disappeared soo =.

UGIOENTIPLSD FLYING OBJECTS OVER TUNCELI PROVINCE -- Istanvus, Cucnuriles,
20 aug

Hiozat, ¢, Auzust -+ At approxinatel; loQU noucs toda), two unidentaran .—————--——
flying objects were ooserved traveling 4. 4n aitituie of DON Letters. Gin et

the ovjeets, which appcaced fromsoutivest of the town of Hozat, mvintai es its
course and left in a northeesterly direction. Tne other ovyect first rose th
a consideravle height and then disappeared in “he same dicecticn.

Ucania —

"PLYING SAUCERS” SEEN IN EAST AFRICA -- Poris, Le Psrisien L.vere, ly 3.) S4

Kanpola, 13 Septeuoer +--+ A civil servant stated that me nad seen ot.
unspecified! over Aanpala, Upande, @ strange golden ball which apjcared te ve
soallerc than the moun yet lerger then a star.

Severs} othe: inhavitants in cast Africa also clai: bo have seen “Seeks
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FAR EAST

Singapore. _

STRANGE LICHT SEEN OVER AIRFIELD -- Calcutta, Jugantar, 6 Sep 54

A mysterious light traveling at high speed was observed over Singspore on
‘the night of 4 September. Several perggns reported this sighting to the
British avistion authorities at Kalar [sic; Kallang?] Airfield. A British
official said that at least six persons reported seeing the light. Rosezary
Whitley, wife of a governsent radio engineer, said that she sav a huge white
Light traveling at a very high speed over the airfleld.

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