France 1954 -> Home 

Cette page en françaisCliquez!

The 1954 French flap:

The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.

September 1954, La Houppe-du-Bois, Nord:

Reference for this case: Sep-54-La-Houppe-du-Bois.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In the chronicle "While strolling, I saw for you" of the local newspaper Le Courier de la Région de Fourmies for September 25, it was told:

"They say that on the side of La Houppe-du-Bois a flying saucer was seen... coming from the planet Mars. Marie-Louise even claims to have applied article 12 to a "Marcassin"... this is how this friendly dame calls our planetary neighbors."

"Fortunately, Gaston is not... lunatic."

Reports:

[Ref. crf1:] NEWSPAPER "LE COURIER DE LA REGION DE FOURMIES":

Scan.

While strolling, I saw for you

They say that on the side of La Houppe-du-Bois a flying saucer was seen... coming from the planet Mars. Marie-Louise even claims to have applied article 12 to a "Marcassin"... this is how this friendly dame calls our planetary neighbors.

Fortunately, Gaston is not... lunatic.

Explanations:

Map.

Journalistic invention, probably without base.

I would classify this anecdote as a "negative case", as nobody seems to have attached the least importance to it.

"La Houppe-du-Bois" is on the grounds of the commune of Fourmies.

Keywords:

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

La Houppe-du-Bois, Nord, saucer, Martian

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
1.0 Patrick Gross March 25, 2020 First published.

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict



 Feedback  |  Top  |  Back  |  Forward  |  Map  |  List |  Home
This page was last updated on March 25, 2020.