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Reference for this case: 4-Oct-54-Bouix.
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In the regional newspaper Le Quotidien de la Haute-Loire for October 8, 1954, one reads that in Bouix near Thueyts in the Ardèche department, a shepherd claimed to have seen "Monday" - therefore on October 4, 1954 - around 3 p.m., at the top of the mountain, a triangular craft from which alphabetical letters were suspended.
The newspaper asked: "Was it the alphabet of "Mars", a formula of salvation or a declaration of war? The shepherd Mr. Beydon, obviously could not decipher the message."
[Ref. lqh1:] NEWSPAPER "LE QUOTIDIEN DE LA HAUTE-LOIRE":
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In Bouix close to Thueyts in the Ardeche, a shepherd claims to have seen Monday towards 3 p.m., at the top of the mountain, a triangular machine to which were suspended alphabetical letters. Was this the alphabet of "Mars", a formula of salutation or a declaration of war? The shepherd Mr. Beydon, obviously could not decipher the message.
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The story seems to make no sense; at best I smay uggest that the shepherd saw a helicopter with its markings; which would not have been "suspended", but on the craft.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Bouix, Ardèche, Thueyts, shepherd, Beydon, triangle, craft, object, writing
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