October 1, 1954π«π·Sighting
HistoricalClose Encounter
Bergerac, France: Factory worker sees whistling disc rise from his yard
Around 10:00 p.m. on October 1, 1954, factory worker Jean Defiz in Bergerac, Dordogne, saw an intense light in his yard and a disc rising with a whistling sound; a neighbor also saw it.
Background
Around 10:00 p.m. Jean Defiz, a factory worker in Bergerac, Dordogne, France, was returning home on his bicycle when he saw a large shooting star. Later he saw an intense light in his yard and rushed out to see a disc rise with a whistling sound. It became luminous and flew off. A neighbor also saw it and estimated that it was 10 feet wide. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.