The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 13-oct-54-Châtellerault.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In his book "Flying Saucers Uncensored" of 1954, the English author Harold T. Wilkins told that in France in 1954, in Chatellerault as in Bugeat, a man alleged that beings of normal appearance or a being of normal appearance approached, kissed him, chatted unintelligibly, then entered a ten-feet-long cigar-shaped saucer and took off.
The "Bugeat" man is of course Antoine Mazaud, of the Mouriéras affair reported from Bugeat; there was no such case in Châtellerault, this was lilkely the Cenon - Vouneuil case of September 19, 1954.
It could have stopped there, but in 1979, the two "skeptical" - and really silly here - ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker added their own mistakes, believing that this is a case with a "chatting Martian" and assuring that there were "two pranksters" as witnesses.
The Wilkins version then appeared in Michel Figuet's catalogue, and in several foreign catalogs on the Web, as a case in Châtellerault...
[Ref. hws1:] HAROLD T. WILKINS:
The author indicates that in France in 1954, at Chatellerault like at Bugeat, a man alleged that normal-looking beings or a normal-looking being approached, kissed him, jabbered unintelligibly, then got into cigar-shaped saucers ten feet long, and took off.
[Ref. bbr1:] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The authors indicate that in Chatellerault the two witnesses seem to have been lucky because the two beings which they saw climbing into their craft babbled joyfully, but "it is not specified if the two pranksters had time to initiate themselves to the language of the 'Ufonauts'.
[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:
| CASE Nr | CLASSIFICATION | DATE | HOUR | PLACE | ZIP CODE | CREDIBILITY SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | CE3 | 13 120 1954 | hnp [= hour not specified.] | Chatellerault | 86 100 C3 | TD, B-B p. |
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4088: 1954/10/13 00:00 2 0:31:00 E 46:48:00 N 3331 WEU FRN VNN A:6
CHATELLERAULT,VIENNE:PSH TALKS UNINTELLIGIBLY:ENTERS CGR-SHAPED SCR + FLIES
Ref#107 WILKINS,Harold: F.S. UNCENSORED Page No. 245 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
100.
Location. Chatellerault & Bugeat France
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Two men, at separate locations 120 miles away, allege independently that normal looking beings approached them, kissed them, jabbered unintelligibly, and then got into cigar shaped objects, 10 feet long, and took off.
HC addition # 3373
Source: Harold T Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored
Type: B
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 13 October 1954 in Chatellerault, France, there was a "Close encounter with an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentifiable object and its occupants were observed at close range."
The sources are indicated as "Wilkins, Harold T., Flying Saucers Uncensored, Citadel, 1955; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".
[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":
| Case Nr. | New case Nr. | Investigator | Date of observation | Zip | Place of observation | Country of observation | Hour of observation | Classification | Comments | Identification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541013 | 13.10.1954 | Chatellerault | France | CE III |
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The man in Bugeat is Antoine Mazaud, see Mouriéras for September 10, 1954.
The manin Chatellerault is likely Yves David of the case between Cenon and Vouneuil, not far for Châtellerault, on Spetember 19, 1954.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Châtellerault, Vienne, martians, humanoids, language
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 12, 2004 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | December 29, 2008 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | April 22, 2009 | Addition [bbr1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | February 23, 2017 | Addition [ubk1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | July 25, 2019 | Addition [lhh1], Summary. |
