The 1954 French flap:

THE REGION OF DIEPPE IS ALSO HIT

SAUCER, CIGAR
and "weird being"

appeared to a resident of Londinières

The news is a consumer of saucers and other flying machines, and there are few areas that have not yet been found in these apparitions a topic for dissertation.

However let's confess that Normandy was not, until now, really hit, and it is reasonable to ask whether the wisdom of the Normands; who are not easily led and taken by the "one said," does not play a major role here.

If we mean, of course, that the visions of flying saucers fall into the realm of too fertile imaginations, individual or collective hallucinations...

But just now information comes from Londinières that can help our province (which would thus show its desire of not being unfashionable) to rise to the level of other regions who "saw it".

And all of a sudden, we get four saucers, a cigar and a strange being (1 m. 20, as it should be, not to break the charm) with other features that have nothing so unique either.

Robert Henri was traveling by car on National Road 214, at dusk, between Mesnières and Londinières - where he lives - when, in Bagnolet, he saw four craft one above the other, of orange color, "appearing to be flying saucers"; which evolved 300 meters high. One of them broke away, came down and came to swerve his car before disappearing. At the same time, Mr. Robert had felt like a strong electric shock and controls of his vehicle had been temporarily annihilated.

No sooner had he recovered from his surprise, just 3 kms away, Mr. Robert saw in his headlights in the middle of the road, a strange being about 1 m. 20 tall. This time it was his headlights that went out and immediately went on again. The motorist then noticed on the edge of the slope, a three-meter long craft, pointed at both ends and cylindrical.

The famous cigar, in every sense of the term, which took "one second" to disappear, lights off, in the direction of the North.

It was at one o'clock on Saturday that Mr. Robert came to the gendarmerie of Londinières to tell the story of what he saw and felt. But his statements were incoherent, his words made no sense.

Effect of concussion which he said he was the victim of a few hours earlier, or reaction caused by a pile of saucers of another kind, a more usual sort on some tables.

The police went to Baillolet where they noted nothing unusual, this being confirmed by a new checkining on Saturday morning by day. No trace, no other witness of the phenomenon...

This did not prevent Mr. Robert to confirm his story at 9:00 a.m..

Failed attack against a fake "Martian"

LILLE. Oct. 16 (A.F.P.). -- Mr. Maurice Ruant, farmer in Sinceny (the Aisne), was busy repairing his car in a field, when two gunshots were fired at him. The shots crashed into the car's body, near his head. The investigation allowed to quickly find the author of two gunshots, a neighbor, Mr. Faisan.

I thought, he said, seeing a figure moving in the light of two headlights, I was in the presence of a Martian repairing his flying saucer. I went to get my rifle and I shot.

Despite his good faith, Mr. Faisan will be prosecuted.

LOCAL NEWS

No, the Dieppe area is not disinherited!

A Resident of Londinières
saw - not "one" -
but four

Saucers here, cigars there.

And each day brings new appearances in the sky of France and elsewhere.

Our area had not hitherto been favored by these machines which one currently makes a large consumption of and on which one debates endlessly.

Products of vivid imaginations, hallucinations, phenomenon of condensation? One is at lost and it does not seem that we are near an explanation which could confirm the statements of those who "saw" or catch the others "who believed to have seen" or started "hoaxes".

Our area, we just said, was not particularly visited by these mysterious machines, had not been haunted by beings which are no less mysterious. But today it is not the same any more and this thanks (!) to the story that, in the night of Friday to Saturday, to the gendarmerie of Londinières, Mr. Henri Robert, who lives the latter city, made. To him alone, and in a very short lapse of time, he states to have seen four saucers, a cigar, and a strange being.

Very beautiful spoils, isn't it?

But let us come to the conditions under which all this armada from another world came to ravel under the eyes of Mr. Robert.

The latter, by car, droved Friday at nightfall, on the Road RN 414 between Mesnière-en-Bray and Londinières, when in Baillolet his attention was caught by the presence, above him, of a group of "four superimposed machines, of orange color, seeming to be flying saucers, which moved a few three hundred meters high."

Suddenly, he saw one of the craft part from the other and come zigzaging ahead of his car, whose controls were temporarily disabled. At the same time, he felt like a strong electric shock, while the "saucer" disappeared.

After he recovered, Mr. Robert resumed his travel. But, three kilometers after the first appearance, the motorist saw in the gleam of his headlights a strange being, approximately 1.20 meters tall, who crossed the roadway. "At this time, my headlights died out suddenly, then re-ignited", Mr. Robert stated, and then he added to have observed at the edge of the slope a three meters long machine, of cylindrical form and pointed at its two ends.

After the saucers and the strange being, the cigar, which "took only one second to disappear all fires extinguished in the direction of the North."

This, we mentioned earlier, happened at nightfall, but it is only at one o'clock in the morning, Saturday, that the witness of these successive appearances presented himself to the gendarmerie of Londinières. One cannot say that at this time the report he made was very clear.

Effect of the strong commotion which he said he felt?

Anyway, in spite of the absence of traces left at the edge of the road by the "interplanetary" machine and although no other person of the area came to reveal the same facts, Mr. Henri Robert confirmed his account Saturday morning.

A new story to add to hundreds of others, all more mysterious one from the other...

A VETERINARY,
EMPLOYEES
of the Orly Airport
CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN
"SAUCERS"

Toulon, Oct. 18

SINCE 48 hours, two Toulon residents, MM. Rappelien [sic], bar keeper, and Ottaviani, mechanic of the merchant marine claim to have seen Thursday a saucer landing in the district of Chemin Long, near Hyères, and give an absolutely identical description.

The air force general intelligence went to Toulon and heard at length the two witnesses who drew a long detailed sketch of the mysterious apparatus.

This morning, the general information inspectors went to the place where the two witnesses stated that they saw the saucer land, they noted there a large circular trace where the grass is burned.

***

Dieppe, Oct 17.

At nightfall, while driving through the town of Baillolet, on R.N. 311, Mr. Henri Robert, doctor-veterinarian in Londinières, saw four craft which were flying one above the other, at around 300 meters of height. Robert says that one of them came to zigzag in front of his car, that he felt a strong electric shock, and that the engine of his car stopped. The veterinarian then saw on the road a strange figure, about one meter tall. The headlights of his car went out, when they went on again a cylinder about three meters long took off from the roadsaide and headed north.

Mr. Robert told his story to the gendarmes of Londinières.

***

Paris, Oct. 17

Two employees at Orly Airport, MM. Raymond Castel and Charles Sirest told the air police that they saw, on the night from Saturday to Sunday, around 9:30 p.m. a flying saucer cross the sky of Orly from east to the west, "at the speed of a jet plane."

Reached above the town of Paray-Vieille-Poste, that is to say on the edge of the West-East runway, the mysterious craft, which, according to witnesses, was traveling at an altitude of 300 meters, stopped for ten seconds, spinning on itself and emitting rays which were intensely reflected on the ground.

FLYING SAUCERS

A veterinarian meets a "Martian"

Dieppe, 18. -- At nightfall, while driving through the town of Baillolet, by car, on the R. N. 316, Mr. Henri Robert, doctor-veterinarian in Londinières, saw four craft which were flying one above the other, at around [???] meters of altitude. Mr. Robert said that one of them came to his car, that he felt a strong electric shock, and that the engine of his car stopped.

The veterinarian then saw on the road, a strange figure, about four feet tall. The headlights of his car went out. When they re-ignited, a cylinder, about three meters long, took off from the roadside and headed north.

Mr. Robert told his story to the gendarmes of Londinières.

Chatellerault, 18. - Saturday evening, around 8:30 p.m., three firefighters, Captain Huguet, Lieutenant Doussineau and Warrant Officer Berreau, saw moving in the sky, towards the castle of Targe, a large disc projecting sparks, and followed by a very long luminous trail. They stopped their car. The disc, they say, passed over them and they heard a hissing sound.

The grass is burnt...

Toulon, 18. -- Two Toulon residents, Mr. Rappelini, bar owner, and Ottaviani, mechanic of the Merchant Marine, claim to have seen a saucer on Thursday evening landing in the Chemin Long district, near Hyères, and give an absolutely identical description of it.

The General Intelligence Air Brigade went to Toulon and heard at length from the two witnesses, who drew a detailed sketch of the mysterious craft.

Sunday morning, the General Intelligence inspectors went to the place where the two witnesses said they had seen the saucer land. They found there a large circular trace where the grass is burned.

In the sky of Orly

Paris, 18. -- Two employees from Orly airport, MM. Raymond Castelle and Charles Sirest, told the air police that they had seen, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, around 9:30 p.m., a flying saucer cross the sky of Orly from east to west, fast "like a jet plane". When above the commune of Paray-Vieille-Poste, that is to say along the west-east runway, the mysterious craft which, according to witnesses, was moving at an altitude of 300 meters, immobilized for ten seconds by turning on itself and emitting rays which were intensely reflected on the ground.

THE OPINION OF AN ITALIAN SCIENTIST
ON THE
"FLYING SAUCERS"

Rome, 17. -- Many Italians having observed "disks", "saucers", "cigars" etc... flying in the sky of the peninsula, the "Giornale d'Italia" interviewed professor Antonio Eula, Chair of Aerodynamics, at the University of Rome.

This eminent scientist about the possible origin of the so-called spacecraft of other planets, said in particular: "We do not fully know the mysteries of our solar system. Astronautics, when it can be put in practice, will perhaps allow us to penetrate them. But we know from now on that beings similar to us cannot exist on the planets currently known. If there are, they can only be profoundly different. So is it absurd to speak of Martians capable of human activity."

In response to another question, Professor Eula said he did not believe he was authorized to exclude, in an absolute manner, that it could be "experimental devices intended for military use, and protected by an impenetrable secrecy." In conclusion, the professor said: "If this last hypothesis corresponds to reality, the time will come when their secret will be revealed, because no secret of a technical nature can be preserved indefinitely."

To excuse his delay, a roadmender invents a saucer story

Dijon, 18. -- Ten days ago, Mr. André Narcy, 47, a roadworker in Mertrud, arrived at work breathless: "I saw a flying saucer", he affirmed. And he gave a lot of details: an orange colored object posed in a field, a small being dressed in a fur coat. A nice vertical start of the mysterious craft. With two of his comrades, MM. Riel and Henry, he went back there. All three declare that in fact the dew had dried on some surface, that the grass had taken "a slightly milky hue", that one saw traces of "round feet", etc...

In short, questioned again by the gendarmerie, Mr. Narcy did admit that he had put together this story from scratch to excuse his late arrival at work.

"Don't shoot the Martians...!"

ASKS A GERMAN THEOLOGIAN

A German theologian, Professor Philippe Dessauer, invites us, in the Catholic magazine "Wort und Warheit", not to shoot the pilots of flying saucers if we happen to meet them.

The warning is timely. Saturday, a farmer from the Aisne, in a car failure on the road, suffered two shots: seeing car headlights a villager had mistaken it for a flying saucer and the driver for a Martian. He had a hunting rifle and he fired...

The saucers continue to move. Two residents of Toulon claim that they saw, near Hyères, a mysterious craft of which they drew a sketch. General Intelligence inspectors went to the landing site and noticed a circumference inside which the grass was burned.

Covered in brown hair

Two employees at the Orly airport, MM. Raymond Castelle and Charles Sirets, told the Air Police that they had seen on the night from Saturday to Sunday, around 9:30 p.m., a flying saucer crossing the Orly sky from east to west, "like a jet plane". Arriving above the town of Paray-Vieille-Poste, that is to say on the edge of the west-east runway, the mysterious craft, which, according to witnesses, was moving at an altitude of 300 meters, immobilized for about ten seconds by turning on itself and emitting rays which were intensely reflected on the ground.

Our collaborator Paul Gérin saw the same phenomenon, at the same time, in Moret-sur-Loing, 40 kilometers south of Orly. It was, he tells us, a vulgar "shooting star" of exceptional brightness, which crossed the sky from east to west, at an apparently considerable height, and which disappeared on the horizon.

This rare, but not unprecedented phenomenon lasted a few seconds, it must have been seen throughout the Paris region.

As for the Martians, three have been reported for forty-eight hours. Two women claim that they met one in the Seine-et-Marne; but according to their description (it was covered with brown hair), it is not impossible that it is a common orangutan escaped from a zoo. A Seine-Inférieure veterinarian, Mr. Robert says he saw another one near Dieppe.

Saucers and cigars in the sky

A veterinarian, three firefighters and two Orly employees add their names to the list of "those who have seen"

Paris. -- A veterinarian, two employees at Orly airport and three firefighters register on the long list of witnesses of celestial phenomena.

At nightfall, while traveling by car, in the commune of Baillolet (Seine-Inférieure) on R.N. 314, Mr. Henri Robert, a veterinary doctor in Londinières, saw four craft maneuvering one above the other, about 300 meters above sea level.

Mr. Robert claims that one of them came zigzagging in front of his car, that he felt a strong electric shock and the engine of his car stopped. The veterinarian then saw a strange figure on the road about twenty feet high, the headlights of his car died out and when rhey re-ignited, a cylinder about three meters long took off the slope and took height at a tremendous speed.

The saucer did not want to land in Orly

The two employees at Orly airport are MM. Raymond Castelle and Charles Birest who affirmed to their chiefs to have seen on Sunday evening a flying saucer crossing the sky of Orly "from East to West" at the speed of a jet plane, reaching the town of Paray-Vieille-Poste, that is to say, on the west-east runway, the mysterious craft, which, according to the witnesses, was moving at he altitude of 300 meters, stopped for about ten seconds while turning on itself and emitting rays that reflected intensely on the ground. As for the three firefighters, Captain Doussineau and Warrant Officer Serreau, they were driving on a road near Chatellerault (the Haute-Vienne) when they saw rise in the sky towards the castle of Targe, a large luminous disc. They stopped and observed the phenomenon at length. "The disc," they said, "passed above us at a few meters barely while emitting an high pitched whistling sound."

A written question from a member of the Parliament from the Ariège

It was inevitable and desirable that following the many occurrences of flying craft crossing the sky of France without interruption for weeks, a deputy addresses a Written question to the President of the Council.

It was Mr. René Dejean, the Socialist deputy of the Ariège, who took this initiative, in particular asking "whether a department has been created or appointed to collect existing documentation on this matter and to study the nature and origin of such craft.

"Wether the information currently gathered and recorded makes it possible to exclude the hypothesis of vehicles driven or controlled by living beings of unknown species and origin.

"Whether the government has, on the contrary, sufficient information to attribute the production Of these devices to the industry of a foreign state.

"Whether in the latter case, the international agreements signed by France have already allowed Consultations regarding the use of such devices in a potential conflict."

The roadmender had arrived
late for work...
because [he] saw
A "flying saucer"

Dijon, 18. -- 10 days ago, Mr. André Narcy, 47, roadmender in Mertrud, arrived at work breathless:

"I saw a flying saucer," he said. And to give a lot of details: an orange colored object stopped in a field, a small being dressed in a coat of hairs. A nice vertical start of the mysterious craft.

Besides, Mr. Narcy was able to show the place. With two of his comrades, MM. Riel and Henry, he went back there. All three stated that the dew had indeed dried on a certain surface, that the grass had taken on a "slightly milky hue", that traces of roud footprints were visible, etc...

In short, questioned again by the gendarmerie, Mr. Narcy and has just admitted that he had invented this story from scratch to excuse his late arrival at work.

And the round
continue...

A veterinarian in Seine-Inférieure, three firefighters in Vienne, two airport workers in Orly, saw various flying saucers. The veterinarian also saw "a strange 1.20 m. tall figure.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

The saucers

(Continued from the first page)

Dieppe. -- At nightfall, as he crossed by automobile, the town of Baillolet, on R. N. 314, Mr. Henri Robert, doctor - veterinarian at Londinières, saw four craft which were flying one above the other, at around 300 meters of height.

Mr. Robert claims that one of them zigzagged past his car, that he felt a strong electric shock, and that the engine of his car stopped.

The veterinarian then saw a strange figure, approximately 12.0 m tall, on the road. The headlights of his car went out. When they went on again, a cylinder about three meters long took off from the edge of the road and headed north.

Mr. Robert told his story to the gendarmes of Londinières.

Three firefighters, Captain Huguet, Lieutenant Doussineau and Warrant Officer Serreau saw rise in the sky, towards from the castle of Targe, a large disc projecting sparks and followed by a very long luminous trail. They stopped their car. The disc, they say, passed over them and they heard a hissing sound.

Paris. - Two employees at Orly airport, MM. Raymond Castel and Charles Sirest told the Air police that he had seen a flying saucer cross the sky of Orly from East to West, "at the speed of a jet plane".

Reached above the town of Paray-Vieille-Poste, that is to say on the edge of the west-east runway, the mysterious craft which, according to witnesses, was traveling at an altitude of 300 meters, stopped for ten seconds turning on itself and emitting rays which were intensely reflected on the ground.

AN M. P. ASKS
A WRITTEN QUESTION

Paris, 18. -- Following numerous appearances of flying apparatuses of unknown type, currently reported in all regions of France, Mr. René Dejean, deputy of the Ariège (socialist) addressed to the president of the Council a written question asking him in particular:

- "Whether or not a service has been set up to collect the existing documentation on this topic and to study the nature and origin of these craft.

- "Whether the information currently gathered is fit to absolutely exclude the hypothesis of craft piloted or controlled by living beings of a species of beings of unknown origin.

- "Whether, on the contrary, the government has enough information to attribute the production of these craft to the industry of a foreign state.

- "Whether in the latter case the international agreements signed by France already allowed consultations relating to the use of such craft in a possible conflict."

SAUCERS, CIGARS, ETC.

A "cylinder"
landed on a road
of Seine-Inferieure

Cigar-saucers etc. still populate the skies of France...

Some of these craft would have even, once again, made contact with our land.

While driving through the town of Baillolet on the National Road 314, Mr. Henri Robert, veterinarian in Londinières (S.I.), saw four craft moving on top of each other, about 300 meters high.

Mr. Robert claims that one of them zigzagged in front of his automobile, that he felt a strong electric shock and that the engine of his car stopped.

The vet then saw on the road a strange fugure, about 1.20 meter-tall. The headlights of his car went out; when they reignited, a cylinder about three meters long took off from the embankment and headed north.

Mr. Robert told the gendarmes of Londinières about his adventure.

Two residents of Toulon, MM. Repellini and Ottaviani claimed to have seen, Thursday evening, a saucer land in the Chemin long district near Hyères.

The general intelligence air brigade went to Toulon and heard the two witnesses at length, they drew a detailed sketch of the mysterious craft.

The inspectors then went to the place where the two witnesses said they saw the saucer land. They noted a large circular trace where the grass is burnt.

A cultivator
shot a "fake Martian"

Mr. Maurice Ruant, farmer in Sinceny, near Chauny (Aisne) almost fell victim to the panic caused to some by the appearance of saucers or other flying objects. Saturday night, he was busy troubleshooting his car, in a meadow near his home, when two shotgun shots were fired in his direction. The pellets crashed into the body of the vehicle, not far from his head.

Mr. Maurice Ruant filed a complaint and the investigation immediately opened made it possible to quickly find the author of the two shots, who was a neighbor of Mr. Ruant, Mr. Faisan.

The latter told the police:

"I thought, seeing a figure moving in the light of two headlights, to be in the presence of a Martian repairing his flying saucer. I went to get my rifle and fired."

Written question about
the "saucers"

Following numerous appearances of flying objects of unknown type, currently reported in all regions of France, Mr. René Dejean, deputy of Ariège (socialist) addressed to the President of the Council a written question asking him in particular:

"Whether or not a service has been created to collect the existing documentation on this matter and to study the nature and origin of the said devices.

- If the information currently collected and gathered makes it possible to absolutely exclude the hypothesis of devices piloted or controlled by living beings of unknown species and origin.

- If the government has, on the contrary, sufficient information to attribute the production of these machines to the industry of a foreign State.

- If, in the latter case, the international agreements signed by France have already allowed consultations on the use of such devices in a possible conflict."

The Saucer of Londinières

"For weeks that they appeared in all the skies of France, the flying saucers seemed to show an incomprehensible disdain for the Pays de Bray. This gap is finally filled: the weekend has been, indeed, marked by a sudden influx of unidentifiable craft.

"Friday evening, Mr. Henri Robert, doctor-veterinarian, in Londinières, was returning home when he saw at low height in the sky four overlapping discs.

After noting an astonishing weakness in the engine of his suddenly stopped car, he continued on his way; a few kilometers further, he saw on the road a strange being who, at his approach - and after the car was immobilized again - engulfed himself in a cigar-shaped object and disappeared at a dizzying speed.

" Saturday evening, Mr. Miche [sic] Gosselin, trader in Neufchâtel, and president of the Football-Club, was going to Aumale looking for the goalkeeper of his club coming on leave. He was accompanied by his cousin, Mr. Jean Leullier. Suddenly - it was exactly 9:25 p.m. - in the sky slightly lit by the moon, he saw a dark disc dragging behind it at a crazy pace a long orange glow."

Mr. Henri Robert remained amazed at this unexpected vision. He informed the gendarmerie. One had, moreover, collected other testimonies, that, in particular, of a very gendarme, Mr. Pelfresne.

October 16 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

nightfall: Baillolet (5 km SSE.Londinières (Seine-Maritime): 4 circ. obj. moving at l.alt., of which one lands, 3m long.,+ dwarf 1,20 m high., engine stop +headlights going off + electric commotion

[... other cases...]

October 16, 1954, southeast of Dieppe, France. Dr. Henri Robert was driving when he spied four discs flying in formation in the sky. One of them "peeled off" and came swooping low over his car. Dr. Robert says he felt a kind of "electric shock," and at the same time his engine died and his headlights went out. Dr. Robert then became paralyzed and could not move as the UFO landed on the road and a little creature 3 feet tall shone a light at him. When the tiny man and the UFO left moments later, Dr. Robert was able to move and start his car.

274) Oct. 16, 1954, nightfall. Baillolet (France):

Dr. Robert, while driving through this village, saw four objects, at about 300 m altitude, flying slowly in echelon formation. Suddenly one of them dropped to the ground with a dead-leaf motion, 100 m away. The witness felt an electric shock as engine and headlights died, and the car stopped when the object touched the ground. Incapable of moving, Dr. Robert saw a figure about 1.2 m tall moving in the light of the object, then all went dark. Some time later the headlights resumed operation by themselves, and Dr. Robert saw the craft take off toward the north. (Paris-Presse, 19 oct 1954) (71; M 185).

During the landing of a UFO about ten meters in front of his car, Doctor Robert felt an electric shock, while the engine of his car stopped (16.10.1954, France: 14, case 274).

October 16, 1954 DIEPPE

A motorist observes 4 luminous craft, one of which comes to check the car. A pilot of 1.20 m is seen on the road. Paralyzing effect on the witness. The engine is blocked, the headlights off!

(réf. Maurice SANTOS "Les SV aux frontières de l'impossible".)

LANDING TECHNIQUES

It is extremely difficult to get an idea of ??the method used as the testimonies are poor in details on this matter. In some cases (Baillolet 10/16/1954), the craft seems in difficulty and seems to land spontaneously on the ground where it is. In other cases, as we will have the opportunity to see later, it performs skilful maneuvers aimed at making contact with the ground at a specific spot. All landings are preceded by a slow (sometimes complex) overflight of the "chosen" territory...

10/16/1954 Baillolet (Seine Maritime)

Driving in his car, Doctor Robert saw around 10 p.m. four luminous circular craft moving slowly one above the other. Suddenly, one of them, who seemed to be in trouble, began to descend in a zig-zag and landed on the road. The doctor felt an electric shock and was paralyzed as his engine stalled and his headlights went out. He was then about a hundred meters from the craft. From it came a small being of 1.20m which bustled about in the light emitted by the saucer. Suddenly everything went dark. After a few moments, the car's headlights came back on by themselves and in their beam the doctor, his paralysis gone, discovered the obscure craft which was moving away rapidly in skimming. (J. Giraud; "Centre Matin" for 10/19/1954)

54-79 Oct. 16, 1954 21,00 Baillolet, France Type C

Dr. Henri Robert, a veterinarian, was driving when he saw 4 discs in the sky, one of which descended with a "falling-leaf" motion. When within 100 yards of it, Dr. R. felt an electric shock and found himself paralyzed; his engine died end his headlights went out, as the object landed on the road. In the light of the luminous object, he could see a small figure slightly over 3 ft tall. After a period of darkness lasting several minutes, the headlights came on and the object was seen rapidly moving away.

Investigator:

Source: Michel, Straight-Line Mystery, pp. 184f.

10/15/1954

Londinière
Bailleul-Neuville

Witness known at the time as an alcoholic. B.B. p. 71

3. The Case at Claix

A veterinarian declares he has seen a UFO and a humanoid. Interference by the UFO with the electricity in his car. Re-investigation by B. and B. (Meanwhile the veterinarian has died in 1956 of cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism.) Conclusion of Messrs B. and B.:

The alleged sighting was a drunkard's hallucination.

October 16th. Baillolet, France, (sundown) Missing time?

Another motorist, this time a veterinary surgeon by the name of Dr. Henri Robert, sped along Route N314, passing the village of Baillolet, and at that point the doctor sighted an echelon formation of strange objects moving at a slow speed across the sky. One of the objects suddenly left the formation and lost altitude, plunging earthward in a "dead leaf fashion, coming to rest about 100 yards from Dr. Robert's car. The surgeon felt an "electric shock" and his car's motor started to act up. The headlights went out and the motor died completely. As the vehicle rolled to a stop, Dr. Robert, who could not move by this time, noticed a little figure about three feet in height moving in the vicinity of the object that had landed. After that, he .felt strange and "all went dark." The next thing he remembered is the head lights of his car coming on by themselves and seeing the UFO lifting off and speeding away in a northern direction. Feeling now returned to Dr. Henri's body. 135.

Was there "missing time" in this case? It is interesting to note that this incident was not "recalled at a later date." Dr. Robert's story was printed in the newspaper Paris-Presse on October 19, 1954.

• 135. Paris, France. Paris-Presse. 19 October 54.

1954/10/16 FRANCE, BAILLOLET

Night

Source: UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference. CUFOS
October Scenario
Official UFO, Feb. 76

Veterinarian Henri Robert saw four circular UFOs at an altitude of less than 1,000 feet. One left the formation and landed. When the object was 100 feet away, Dr. Robert felt an electric shock, and the car engine and lights failed. When the object landed, he was paralyzed. He saw one small being. Everything returned to normal when the object left.

EFFECTS: Paralysis
Electric shock
EM effects on the car

28 - Case of Baillolet and Bailly-en-Campagne, Seine-Maritime.

October 15, at nightfall, on the RN. 31420 where he was driving, veterinary doctor Henri Robert made two unusual observations. First of all, shortly after Baillolet, he saw "a group of four superimposed craft of orange color, appearing to be flying saucers, which moved at approximately three hundred meters of altitude". One of them detached to come and zigzag in front of his vehicle, the controls of which were momentarily blocked. At the same time, the witness felt like a strong electric shock, while the saucer disappeared. Then, 3.5 km after Londinières, shortly before Bailly-en-Campagne, he saw in the gleam of his headlights a strange being about 1.20 m tall crossing the road. At that moment the headlights suddenly went out and then came back on. At the edge of the embankment, he noticed a three meters long craft, cylindrical in shape and pointed at both ends. The "cigar" disappeared with all lights off heading north.

Pages 69 to 71, B & B [Barthel and Brucker, [bbr1]] strive to show us that Mr. Henri Robert was known to be a heavy drinker, that he had moreover died of cirrhosis of the liver, and that all people contacted in Londinières, where the veterinarian was established, assured them that this man was only an unrepentant alcoholic.*

All the people? What people? No name is given! Moreover, a little further on we learn that it was Dr. Robert's successor who would have entrusted them with the main information on his penchant for the bottle. In other words: "all people" is an outrageous formula which conceals a supposed doctor-veterinarian, the replacement of Dr. Robert. And here I disagree. Indeed, it is not in the habits of this corporation to defame a colleague, their code of ethics leads them, on the contrary, to not divulge this type of information, and especially not to strangers on the phone!

Let's see what we find in the first version of this case, which appeared in Les Informations Dieppoises, October 19, page 3. In this local newspaper several items appear that were not reported by B & B, here they are:

1 - The observation took place at dusk, so between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., since the sun of October 15, 1954 set at 5:53 p.m., Paris civil time.

2 - The witness reported what he had seen to the Gendarmerie on Saturday 16 at 01:00. My source reports that the account he gave "was not very clear" (which may mean, given the late hour, that he was returning from a somewhat drunken evening).

3 - The witness returned to the Gendarmerie on Saturday 16 at 9:00 a.m. to confirm the incident.

Admitting that Dr. Robert was really in the habit of sacrificing to Bacchus, which I admit is quite possible, he would then have had to be under the influence of alcohol three times during the three moments described earlier. And there, I'm sorry, but I don't agree. I further believe that one can reconstruct the case as below stated:

1 - On the 15th, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., the witness was sober: he expereinced a CE0 and an CE3.

2 - On the 16th, at 1:00 a.m., returning from a drunken evening, he dropped off at the Gendarmerie where his painful speech was noted. "Come back later," he was told.

3 - On the 16th, at 09:00, the witness is sober: he confirms what he saw the day before.

Note that an identical version of this incident appeared in the weekly Liberté-Dimanche, Rouen, October 17, 1954, page 1. The editor wondered whether the incoherent remarks of the doctor were due "to the commotion and the emotion felt or to the piling up of saucers of another kind and of a more current model on some pedestal table". As this is the first public disclosure of the story, my other sources being all post-October 17, I wonder wether it is not this relationship that is more of a joke made by a skeptical journalist, who contributed to stick a label on the back of the witness. It wouldn't be surprising. Alcoholism has often been used by rationalists and socio-psychologists as the ultimate way out to "explain" unanswerable observations with other explanations...

As the witness was deceased, B & B took the opportunity to push it further. However, in order to avoid being sued for defamation by Dr. Robert's family, they refer to him only by his initials: R. H.. Our censors are not crazy!

However, since I am particularly keen on tumbling them down in flames, I've researched more and found something that will definitely bury the alcoholism version. In Bresle et Vimeu Libres, by Gamarches, October 24, 1954, page 2, one can read the following (final part of the text): "Mr. Henri Robert was awestruck at this unexpected vision. He warned the Gendarmerie. Other testimonies had already been collected there, that, in particular, of a gendarme, Mr. Pelfresne".

If there were other observers that evening, there is therefore no longer any reason to doubt Dr. Robert's testimony. If B & B had done the verification work that I did, it would have saved them from harming the dignity of a man who is incapable of defending himself since he is dead. (O.D. [Original Document] 20).

* Refer to Joël Mesnard's counter-investigation, published below in a box.

BAILLOLET-BAILLY COUNTER-INVESTIGATION BY JOEL MESNARD (LDLN)

Joël Mesnard belatedly sent me the results of a counter-investigation carried out on September 18, 1993, the main elements of which are as follows:

- Two people who knew Dr. Henri Robert very well were met, one of them being named Louis Robert, without any relationship to the veterinarian witness of CE3. They live in Baillolet.

- According to these two people, Dr. Robert was a serious and intelligent man and an excellent veterinarian. He drank like everyone else. He actually died of cirrhosis of the liver. J. Mesnard specifies in this regard that the grandfather of his wife Hélène also died of cirrhosis of the liver, whereas she was not drinking alcohol. I also know of an identical case that one of my work colleagues suffered.

- It was Joël Mesnard who was able to see, thanks to these two people, that the CE3 site was not the one alleged by the press. In fact, the incident occurred a few hundred meters from Bailly-en-Campagne, on what is now the D. 1314 (ex-RN 314), after the place called "Les Fosses."

-B& B speak of Fresnoy-en-Val, a locality which does not exist. It is actually Fresnoy-au-Val, which is 45.7 km from the site of the CE3, and 44.6 km from the site of the first observation, shortly after Baillolet. This proves once again the total lack of seriousness of these two debunkens, of which certain "socio-psychologists" have sung the praises...

- Dr. Henri Robert was going to Fresnoy-Folny (and not to Fresnoy-au-Val - transformed into Fresnoy-en-Val by B & B), which explains why he had passed Londinières, a town where he resided.

Joël Mesnard also points out to me that other researchers have been misguided about this case, such as Jacques Vallée who, moreover, has the wrong date; Charles Garreau,... and of course B & B who never went there, because true to their habits, they worked the same way as all the armchair researchers, as the Anglo-Saxons say!

Finally, Joël Mesnard tells me that the "work" of Barthel & Brucker even did terrible damage outside of France, since the Spanish sociologist Balester-Olmos also brought our sad duettists to the pinnacle! I also believe that some Englishmen let themselves be blinded by our two charlatans, proteges of the Rationalist Union! Distressing...

69 - October 15, 7:45 p.m., Bailly-en-Campagne, Seine-Maritime.

Dr. Henri Robert, veterinarian.

The witness drove through the Hellet forest. Shortly after Baillolet, he notes the maneuvers of four superimposed discs, one of which zigzagged in front of his vehicle, his engine stalls, his headlights go out, and he feels an electric shock. Later, just before entering Bailly-en-Campagne, he sees a small strange being of about 1.20m which joins a fusiform craft on the roadside, then suddenly everything disappears.

Source: Counter-investigation by Joël Mesnard, editor of LDLN.

Local source: Les Informations Dieppoises, Dieppe, October 19, 1954, p. 3 (O.D. 20).

Note: See especially my clarification, chapter 2, case #28, which rehabilitates the witness cowardly defamed after his death by Barthel & Brucker.

1954, October 16

FRANCE, Baillolet

The veterinarian Henri Robert, who was driving through the village, saw at nightfall, 4 objects at an altitude of about 300 m, flying slowly in formation. Suddenly, one of them fell to the ground with a movement of a dead leaf, 10 m from the witness who felt an electric shock as his engine stopped, his headlights went out and the car stopped as the object touched the ground. Unable to move, Dr. Robert saw a figure about four feet tall move into the light of the object, then everything went black. Some time later the headlights came back on by themselves and Dr. Robert saw the craft fly off towards the north. (Jacques Vallée: "Chronique des apparitions ET" - DENoeL 1972 - COLL. J'AI LU - p. 283-284) He saw at a distance of 2.5 km and at an altitude of 300 m 4 superimposed circles of orange color. The top one broke away from the group at dizzying speed and rushed at me, in barely two seconds it came a few meters in front of the vehicle, zigzagging low to the ground." At the same time I felt a very strong electric shock. My car does not obey me, it is like mad. This lasted about fifteen seconds, then the craft set off again towards the group which disappeared immediately." But the emotions of the witness are not over. He says: "Arriving at Bailleur-Neville, at the crossroads of La motte, 3.5 km from the first apparition, 150 m in front of me, in my headlights, I see a being about 1.20 m high, quite corpulent, arms and legs apart. I barely have time to see that his clothes are bluish gray in color, because the headlights go out. They come back on 2 to 3 seconds later, but the little being has disappeared. Instinctively I accelerate and have time to see on the edge of the embankment, a craft of cylindrical shape which took off at this moment and rose quickly in the direction of the north. (Pierre DELVAL: "Contacts du 4e type" - De Vecchi 1979, p. 195, 196) IN REALITY: According to Claude MAUGE, This case would be more than doubtful. It would be one of the cases where the witness is known to be either an alcoholic, a drug addict or even mentally ill. This case should therefore be taken with the greatest suspicion.

Case #005: 16/10/1954, p. 172 (Baillolet)

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Ref#217 Jean SIDER: Le DOSSIER 1954 (2 vol.) Page No. 203 : FARMLANDS

171.

Location. Baillolet France

Date: October 16 1954

Time: 2100

Dr Henri Robert, a veterinarian, was driving when he saw 4 discs in the sky, one of which descended with a "falling leaf" motion. When within 100 yards of it Dr Robert felt an electric shock and found himself paralyzed; his engine died and his headlights went out, as the object landed on the road. In the light of the luminous object, he could see a small figure slightly over 3 ft tall. After a period of darkness lasting several minutes, the headlights came on and the object was seen rapidly moving away.

Humcat 1954-101

Source: Aime Michel

Type: C

Encounters with Aliens on this Day

October 16

1954 - Dr. Robert, driving through Baillolet, France at nightfall, saw four objects flying slowly in echelon formation at about 300 meters altitude. One of UFOs dropped abruptly to the ground with a falling leaf motion, landing only 100 meters away. The witness felt an electric shock as the engine and headlights of his car died, and his car stopped the moment the object touched the ground. Incapable of moving, Dr. Robert watched as a figure about 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall moved around in the light of the object, then all went dark. Some time later the headlights came back on by themselves, and Dr. Robert saw the craft take off toward the north. (Sources: Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 185; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 231-232).

TABLE 1. UFO OCCUPANT SIGHTINGS, 1954-1963

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October 16, 1954 Dr. Henri Robert, Baillolet (Seine-Inferieure), France nightfall

One 3-ft tall being; one of four circular objects zigzagged down in front of car, witness felt shock, engine and lights failed; being visible in light from UFO.

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October 16 1954. Nightfall

BAILLOLET (SEINE-MARITIME : FRANCE)

Veterinary surgeon Dr Henri Robert was driving through this village on Route N-314 when he saw four objects at 300m altitude flying slowly in echelon formation. Suddenly one of them dropped to the ground in a dead leaf motion, 100m away. Robert felt an electric shock as his headlights and engine died, and the car stopped, when the object hit the ground. Incapable of moving, Robert saw a figure about 1.2m tall, moving in the light of the object, then all went dark. Sometime later his headlights resumed operating by themselves and Robert saw the craft skimming along the ground, taking off to the north. He was then able to move and restart his car.

Vallee Case 274, citing Paris-Presse 19 October 1954.
Michel 1958, p.185.

(140) Oct. 16, 1954 - Dr. Robert, driving through Baillolet, France at nightfall, saw four objects flying slowly in echelon formation at about 300 meters altitude. One of UFOs dropped abruptly to the ground with a falling leaf motion, landing only 100 meters away. The witness felt an electric shock as the engine and headlights of his car died, and his car stopped the moment the object touched the ground. Incapable of moving, Dr. Robert watched as a figure about 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall moved around in the light of the object, then all went dark. Some time later the headlights came back on by themselves, and Dr. Robert saw the craft take off toward the north. (Sources: Aime Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 185; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 231-232).

Location: Baillolet France

Date: October 16 1954

Time: 2100

Dr. Henri Robert, a veterinarian, was driving when he saw 4 discs in the sky, one of which descended with a “falling leaf” motion. When within 100 yards of it Dr Robert felt an electric shock and found himself paralyzed; his engine died and his headlights went out, as the object landed on the road. In the light of the luminous object, he could see a small figure slightly over 3 ft tall. After a period of darkness lasting several minutes, the headlights came on and the object was seen rapidly moving away.

Source: Aime Michel 194: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia 274

October 16 1954. Tombée de la nuit.

BAILLOLET (SEINE-MARITIME : FRANCE)

Veterinary surgeon Dr Henri Robert was driving through this village on Route N-314 when he saw four objects at 300m altitude flying slowly in echelon formation. Suddenly one of them dropped to the ground in a dead leaf motion, 100m away. Robert felt an electric shock as his headlights and engine died, and the car stopped, when the object hit the ground. Incapable of moving, Robert saw a figure about 1.2m tall, moving in the light of the object, then all went dark. Sometime later his headlights resumed operating by themselves and Robert saw the craft skimming along the ground, taking off to the north. He was then able to move and restart his car.

Vallee Case 274 citing Paris-Presse 19 October 1954.

Michel 1958b p185)

From Londinières to Aumale in 1954

In 1954, everywhere in France, reports pour in about the presence of unexplained phenomena. The phenomenon does not escape the Pays de Bray with witnesses in Londinières and Aumale. A man, among others, reportedly observed "four flying saucers and a strange being of small sizeand steel grey". Le Réveil gathers several tetimonies that year. The investigation by the gendarmerie, however, yelded no result.