Oval object photographed at Wimereux in 1954

Summary

A frustrating case due to lost evidence. In October 1954, a witness attempting to photograph a dolmen at Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) spotted a pale oval object moving northeast. He managed to take two snapshots before the object vanished within seconds, with no time to adjust the camera. The negatives were sent to the newspaper Radar.

The gendarmerie learned of the event fifteen days later and could not locate the witness. Years later, GEPAN reviewed the case without finding any publication of the photographs or any trace of the author. With no available images and only a very limited description of the phenomenon, the case was classified as unexplained.