REF: UAP/1950s/042Unexplained
1952-07-18
Lac Chauvet photographs
Puy-de-Dome · France·Photographic (analyzed)·1950s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
Engineer Andre Fregnale took 4 photos of a disc over lake; negatives analyzed repeatedly (incl. GEPAN-era and Guerin studies) with no hoax vector identified.
§ BWitnesses
Andre Fregnale
§ CEvidence & Documentation
4 negatives; Guerin photogrammetric analyses
§ DOfficial Investigation
Civilian-scientific (later CNES-adjacent review)
§ EStatus Assessment
Unresolved classic French photo case
§ FVerifiable Sources
Guerin analyses; GEIPAN historical documentation
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1952-10-17🇫🇷 France
Oloron & Gaillac 'angel hair' falls
Mass sighting + material fall
1954-09-10🇫🇷 France
Quarouble landing (French wave)
CE3 / landing trace
1954-10🇫🇷 France
French UFO wave of 1954
National wave
1950-05-11🇺🇸 USA
McMinnville (Trent) photos
Photographic
1950-08-15🇺🇸 USA
Mariana film
Film
1950-03-16🇺🇸 USA
Farmington 'armada'
Mass sighting