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October 15-21, 1954, Sandrans, Ain:

Reference for this case: 15-21-Oct-54-Sandrans.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In his 1997 book on the French wave of 1954, French ufologist and author Jean Sider indicated that in the local newspaper Trévoux Libre for October 22, 1954, an observation was reported occurring in Sandrans in the department of Ain between October 15 and 21, 1954, at an hour that the newspaper did not specify.

An anonymous villager had seen in a meadow a cigar-shaped craft, 3 meters long and one meter in diameter, with a being standing next to it.

Then the craft tok off with a loud whistiling sound.

Reports:

[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:

French ufologist and author Jean Sider discovered this case in the newspaper Trévoux Libre for October 22, 1954. The event takes place in Sandrans in the department of Ain between the 15th and 21st of October, 1954, the newspaper does not specify the time.

The witness is an anonymous villager. He saw an apparatus in a meadow, having the shape of a cigar, three meters in length and one meter in diameter, with a being at its side. Then the machine took off with a loud whistling sound.

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:

This author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind in Sandrans, in the Ain, between October 15, 1954 and October 21, 1954, at an unknown hour.

An anonymous villager, he said, saw a cigar-shaped craft, three meters long and one meter in diameter, placed in the grass of a meadow. A being stood at its side. Then, the craft rose with a loud whistling sound.

Julien Gonzalez indicates as sources "Trévoux Libre (Trévoux) of October 22, 1954; Jean Sider, The 1954 file and the rationalist imposture, page 204."

[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:

Explanations:

Obviously:

Possible helicopter.

Keywords:

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

Sandrans, Ain, anonymous, meadow, apparatus, object, machine, elongated, cigar, occupant, noise, loud, whistling, landing

Sources:

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

• [----] Article in the local newspaper Trévoux Libre, Trévoux, France, page 3, October 22, 1954.
• [jsr1] "Le Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, France, page 204, 1997.
• [lhh1] "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [jgz1] "RR3 - Le Dossier des Rencontres du Troisième Type en France, book by Julien Gonzalez, Le Temps Présent publishers, France, page 140, 2014.
• [ars1] "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml
• [tai1] "1954: October Sightings", catalog on the UFO website Think About It, USA, not dated, found 2014, at http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/8-1954-october-sightings

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