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Reference for this case: 10-Oct-54-Forges-les-Eaux.
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In the 1990's, French ufologist and author Jean Sider learned in an article from the local newspaper La Dépêche du Pays de Bray, of Forges-les-Eaux, for October 14, 1954, that on October 10, 1954, in the morning, in Forges-les-Eaux in the department of Seine-Maritime, Mr. Fléchelle, guard-forester, and an Italian contractor residing in Forges-les-Eaux, Mr. Antoine "X.", whose last name was not revealed, were in the wood of Epinay, not far from the clay pigeon shooting range.
They suddenly saw a mysterious machine which landed in the site reserved for the shooting. Three hairy men of small size went out, and one of them put his arm on the shoulder of Mr. Fléchelle.
A photographer called later came to take a photograph of the landing site of the object, which had disappeared without leaving traces.
Jean Sider noted that the incident was reported in a mocking manner by a journalist who regards this case as a probable joke, without seeming to have carried out the least investigation.
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist and author Jean Sider learned in an article from the newspaper La Dépêche du Pays de Bray, Forges, for October 14, 1954, that on October 10, 1954 in the morning, in Forges-les-Eaux in the department of Seine-Maritime, Mr. Fléchelle, guard-forester, and an Italian contractor residing in Forges, Mr. Antoine X., whose last name was not revealed, were in the wood of Epinay, not far from the clay pigeon shooting range.
They suddenly saw a mysterious machine which landed in the site reserved for the shooting. Three hairy men of small size went out, and one of them put his arm on the shoulder of Mr. Fléchelle.
A photographer called later came to take a photograph of the landing site of the object, which had disappeared without leaving traces.
Jean Sider notes that the incident is reported in a mocking manner by a journalist who regards this case as a probable joke, without seeming to have carried out the least investigation.
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Seine Maritime in Forges les Eaux on October 10, 1954 at an unknown hour, "Two witnesses are in the morning in the wood of Epinay, near a clay pigeon shooting range. They suddenly see an object which is posed in the surface of shooting. Three small hairy men leave from there. and one of them puts his arm on the shoulder of a witness."
The source is indicated as "Lumières dans la Nuit issue 374".
[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
165.
Location. Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime, France
Date: October 10 1954
Time: morning
Guard forester, Mr. Flechelle and an Italian contractor residing in Forges, Mr. Antoine X, whose last name was not revealed, were in the woods of Epinay not far from the clay pigeon shooting range. They suddenly saw a mysterious machine, which landed in the site reversed from the shooting range. Three hairy men of small size came out, and one of them put his arm on the shoulder of Mr. Flechelle. A photographer was later called to take a photograph of the landing site of the object, which had disappeared without leaving any traces.
HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider quoting "La Depeche du Pays de Bray"
Type! B
[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Location: Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime, France
Date: October 10 1954
Time: morning
Guard forester, Mr. Flechelle and an Italian contractor residing in Forges, Mr. Antoine X, whose last name was not revealed, were in the woods of Epinay not far from the clay pigeon shooting range. They suddenly saw a mysterious machine, which landed in the site reversed from the shooting range. Three hairy men of small size came out, and one of them put his arm on the shoulder of Mr. Flechelle. A photographer was later called to take a photograph of the landing site of the object, which had disappeared without leaving any traces.
Source: Jean Sider quoting "La Depeche du Pays de Bray"
[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:
The author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind in Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime, on the morning of October 10, 1954:
Mr. Fléchelle, a forest warden, and an Italian entrepreneur residing in Forges, Mr. Antoine X., undisclosed surname, are in the Epinay wood not far from the clay pigeon shooting stand when they saw suddenly a mysterious craft that lands in the location reserved for shooting.
Three hairy men of small stature came out; one of them put his arm on Mr. Flechelle's shoulder.
Sources are indicated as La Dépêche du Pays de Bray for October 14, 1954; Jean Sider, "Le dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste", page 193.
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Possible invention.
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Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime, Fléchelle, wood, forest, Epinay, landing, object, machine, occupants, three, hairy, contact, arms, small
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 6, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 18, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 29, 2011 | Addition [ars1]. A search on the web and in my documentation did not reveal other sources. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | October 9, 2014 | Addition [tai1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | February 7, 2017 | Addition [jgz1]. |
| 1.4 | Patrick Gross | June 25, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet. Possible invention." |
