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Reference for this case: 17-Sep-54-Clermont-Ferrand-3.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In his 1962 book "Les Extraterrestres", Paul Misraki, writing under the pseudonym "Paul Thomas," stated that on September 17, 1954, at 10:30 p.m., a "little man" deliberately revealed himself to a cyclist who had been forced to stop on the side of a road near Clermont-Ferrand by a strange feeling of paralysis.
This "small being" touched the man's shoulder and then left. A dark mass emitting a greenish glow then rose from the ground and "disappeared" into the sky "at lightning speed."
The cyclist then resumed his journey, trembling uncontrollably.
Paul Misraki said he was tempted to believe it was a hoax but dismissed the idea, noting that there were two other similar cases in France and one in Italy on the same day - all of which occurred in locations aligned along the same straight line.
[Ref. pts1:] "PAUL THOMAS":
A few days earlier, on September 17 [, 1954], at 10:30 p.m., a "little man" deliberately appeared to a cyclist who had been forced by a strange sensation of paralysis to stop on the side of a road, a few kilometers from Clermont-Ferrand. The small being touched his shoulder and went away. A dark mass emitting a greenish glow soon rose from the ground and then disappeared into the sky at lightning speed. The cyclist set off again, shaken by tremors.
(Same remark as above: one might be tempted to believe in a hoax if passages of unknown craft had not been reported that day not only near Clermont-Ferrand, but also in Chatellerault (Vienne), in Chaudolas (Ardèche), and in Rome, Italy - all places situated along a straight line. Therefore, observes Aimé Michel, within the same twenty-four hours, four mythomaniacs, or groups of mythomaniacs, would have found themselves exactly aligned on the geodesic from Rome to Chatellerault? Incredible.)
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Paul Misraki gave no source for this account, and I have found none so far. It may be another case that was misdated or misplaced.
Indicative of a probable error is the fact that Misraki lists Clermont-Ferrand twice in his aligned cases.
The cases that, according to Misraki, support this one are:
Chatellerault (actually Cenon), a hoax, on September 19, not September 17, 1954;
Chaudolas (actually Chandolas), a probable meteor, no "being" seen, on September 17, 1954;
Rome (a flying cigar, on September 17, 1954, with no occupant observed.)
As for the alleged "alignment," here it is:
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(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, night, little man, occupant, cyclist, paralysis, contact, shoulder, mass, dark, glow, greenish, takeoff, rapid, trembling
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