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October 15-21, 1954, Sandrans, Ain:

Reference for this case: 15-21-Oct-54-Sandrans.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In his 1997 book on the French wave of 1954, French ufologist and author Jean Sider indicated that in the local newspaper Trévoux Libre for October 22, 1954, an observation was reported occurring in Sandrans in the department of Ain between October 15 and 21, 1954, at an hour that the newspaper did not specify.

An anonymous villager had seen in a meadow a cigar-shaped craft, 3 meters long and one meter in diameter, with a being standing next to it.

Then the craft tok off with a loud whistiling sound.

Reports:

[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:

French ufologist and author Jean Sider discovered this case in the newspaper Trévoux Libre for October 22, 1954. The event takes place in Sandrans in the department of Ain between the 15th and 21st of October, 1954, the newspaper does not specify the time.

The witness is an anonymous villager. He saw an apparatus in a meadow, having the shape of a cigar, three meters in length and one meter in diameter, with a being at its side. Then the machine took off with a loud whistling sound.

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

4187: 1954/10/18 00:00 2 4:59:00 E 46:04:00 N 3321 WEU FRN AIN 8:6

SANDRANS,FR:3M CGR LANDS/FIELD:1M diam:OID OUTSIDE:STRING WHISTLE/TAKEOFF

Ref#217 Jean SIDER: Le DOSSIER 1954 (2 vol.) Page No. 294 : FARMLANDS

[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:

This author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind in Sandrans, in the Ain, between October 15, 1954 and October 21, 1954, at an unknown hour.

An anonymous villager, he said, saw a cigar-shaped craft, three meters long and one meter in diameter, placed in the grass of a meadow. A being stood at its side. Then, the craft rose with a loud whistling sound.

Julien Gonzalez indicates as sources "Trévoux Libre (Trévoux) of October 22, 1954; Jean Sider, The 1954 file and the rationalist imposture, page 204."

[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

191.
Location. Sandrans, Ain, France
Date: October 15-21 1954
Time: unknown

The witness an anonymous villager saw an apparatus on a meadow, having the shape of a cigar, three meters in length and one meter in diameter, with a being standing at its side. Soon the machine took off emitting a loud whistling sound.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: C

[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:

Location: Sandrans, Ain, France

Date: October 15-21 1954

Time: unknown

The witness an anonymous villager saw an apparatus on a meadow, having the shape of a cigar, three meters in length and one meter in diameter, with a being standing at its side. Soon the machine took off emitting a loud whistling sound.

Source: Jean Sider

Explanations:

Map.

Obviously:

Possible helicopter.

Keywords:

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

Sandrans, Ain, anonymous, meadow, apparatus, object, machine, elongated, cigar, occupant, noise, loud, whistling, landing

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross March 24, 2005 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross December 28, 2009 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [ars1].
1.1 Patrick Gross October 9, 2014 Addition [tai1].
1.2 Patrick Gross January 14, 2019 Addition [lhh1].
1.3 Patrick Gross November 10, 2019 Addition of the Summary.
1.4 Patrick Gross September 10, 2021 Addition [jgz1].

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