Case file · Sighting
Vernon 'mother ship' sighting
On 23 August 1954, around 1 am, Bernard Miserey saw a huge motionless luminous 'cigar' over the Seine at Vernon release several discs, one after another.
1954 CE · 49.09, 1.49 · status: account
The account
Two police officers on patrol reportedly saw an elongated luminous shape the same night. Aimé Michel made Vernon a key case of the 'cigar and discs' type that opened the great French wave of autumn 1954.
The sceptical view
The account rests mainly on one witness reported through the press; no physical evidence was collected.