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1954, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône:

Reference for this case: 54-Marseille.
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Summary:

In his listing of encounters with "humanoids" published in 1976, ufologist Alain Gamard noted such an event, dated 1954, located in Marseille, with several witnesses, and in the afternoon. No source, no details were given.

In his "Francat" list of 1985, ufologist Michel Figuet noted that there was a close encounter of the third kind on an unknown day of 1954, in the afternoon, in Marseille, for which, he said, the information was "succinct."

Reports:

[Ref. agd1:] ALAIN GAMARD:

Case #	Date	Time	Locality	Department	Witness(es) name
012	1954	Aft.n	Marseille	13	(several)

[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:

CASE Nr	CLASSIFICATION	DATE	HOUR	PLACE	ZIP CODE	CREDIBILITY SOURCE
44	CE3	.. .. 1954	a-m	Marseille	13000	RS, F.G.

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

Keywords:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, occupant, day, multiple

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[agd1] "A provisional check-list of French humanoid cases", list by Alain Gamard, in The UFO Register, Bernard J. Delaire editor, Volume 7, Parts 1-2, page 43, 1976.
[mft1] "Catalogue Francat des rencontres rapprochées en France (Listing 800 1982) (2 - Suite)", list compiled by Michel Figuet, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #257-258, page 16, November - December 1985.

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 10, 2019	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 13, 2022	Addition [agd1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [agd1].

This page was last updated on June 13, 2022.