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Reference for this case: 18-Oct-54-Formerie.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. cpr1:] CLAUDE POHER, UFO RESEARCH GROUP "GEPA":
In 1968-1969, before the official GEPAN ufology effort started, its future head Dr Claude Poher was a member of the unofficial GEPA ufology group, and gathered a computer coded listing of more than 700 UFO reports on which multiple factors statistical computation could be run. In the file were a number of 1954 French UFO reports, among those this one.
For readability, a decoded interpretation of the data is provided here under the original 80 character encoded string. Decoding was done according to the original indications, the code number and its generic meaning is given. Please not that the generic meaning of each code is a predefined category, not the real specific details of the case. For example, if the main witness' age was 33, the coding would result in a number "3" which corresponds to a category "Adult from 21 to 59 years."
| Original code: | 0627551810195420451JA3132010240013ZZZZ000140500000011015000020000000200000000000 |
| Location: | Formerie (Oise) - France |
| Case number: | 0627 |
| Source code: | 55 |
| Nature of the source: | Reports from official French sources : Police, Gendarmerie, Army, Pilots |
| Day: | 18 |
| Month: | 10 |
| Year: | 54 |
| Hours: | 20 |
| Minutes: | 45 |
| Type of Time: | 1 = local time |
| Number of witnesses: | 3 = 3 |
| Main witness named: | 1 = name(s) indicated |
| Main witness age: | 3 = Adult from 21 to 59 years |
| Main witness occupation: | 2 = farmer, docker, navy, housekeeper |
| Official investigation: | 1 = an official investigation was made |
| Weather: | 0 = no indication |
| Duration: | 2 = from 1 to 9 seconds |
| Minimal distance witness - phenomenon: | 4 = from 151 to 999 m |
| Method of observation: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of "objects" observed simultaneously: | 01 = 1 |
| Shape of the "object" (terminology of witness(es)): | 3 = cigar, cylinder, rocket |
| Dimensions of the phenomenon: | ZZZZ = no indication |
| Color of the observed phenomenon: | 00 = no indication |
| Luminosity of the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Lights or projectors on the phenomenon: | 1 = projectors, lights, phares, lumières, "portholes" |
| Moving speed of the phenomenon: | 4 = "dazzling" speed and equivalent adjectives |
| Acceleration of the phenomenon: | 0 = no indication |
| Trajectory of the phenomenon: | 5 = complex trajectory with a certain regularity. following a river or a sinuous road |
| Sounds perceived during observation: | 0 = no indication |
| Maximum angular height of observation (horizon = 0°): | 0 = no indication |
| Nature of the landing place: | 0 = no indication |
| Number of contact points with ground: | 0 = no indication |
| Traces of landing: | 0 = no indication |
| Observation of "occupants": | 1 = disembarkation of one or more occupant without counting |
| Height of the occupants observed: | 0150 = 1 m 50 |
| Garment of the occupants: | 01 = helmet |
| Garment: | 5 = "metallic garment" |
| General behavior of "occupants": | 0 = no indication |
| Interaction of "occupants" with witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Head, hair: | 0 = no indication |
| Voice, breathing, chin: | 0 = no indication |
| Skin: | 2 = dark skin |
| Eyes: | 0 = no indication |
| Mouth: | 0 = no indication |
| Various details: | 0 = no indication |
| Thermal effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Luminous effects: | 0 = no indication |
| Magnetic effect (or electromagnetic): | 0 = no indication |
| Odor perceived by witness: | 0 = no indication |
| Physiological effects on the witness(es): | |
| Psychological effect on the witness(es): | 2 = headache, loss of memory |
| Effects on animals: | |
| Other effects reported: | |
| Nebulosity: | |
| Oscillations, emission of matter: | |
| Spin, formation flight: | |
| Immediate disappearance: | |
| Halo surrounding the phenomenon: | |
| Interaction witness / phenomenon (complement to the other rubrics): | |
| Drawing or photo: | |
| Structural details observed: | 0 = no indication |
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Oise in Formerie on October 18, 1954 at 20:45 hours, "Three farmers witnesses observed within less than a thousand meter of them an object in the shape of a cigar and having port-holes. An entity was observed. It was a being of small size (1m) having a helmet and metallic clothes, its skin seemed dark. The object then left at fulgurating speed while following a complex trajectory but with a regular movement. The witnesses had headaches and a loss of memory."
The source is indicated as "Les Universons by Poher Claude ** http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/universons/"
[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
203.
Location. Formerie, Oise, France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2045
Three witnesses observed a cylinder or rocket shaped device with several illuminated portholes following a complex trajectory following a river. The craft then landed close to the witnesses and several humanoids described as about 1.50m in height, with dark skin and wearing metallic helmets and metallic garments exited the craft. As the witnesses watched stupefied they suddenly experienced headaches and memory loss. Apparently they did not see the object and its occupants depart.
HC addendum
Source: Dr. Claude Poher, GEPA "Statistics from 735 UFO observations"
Type: B?
[Ref. lpn1:] "LE PARISIEN":
54 YEARS AGO
Ufo invasion
As in many countries and French regions, the year 1954 was rich in observations of UFOs and other strange phenomena in the Oise. It is believed that visitors to the area were particularly pleased with the department, from Crépy-en-Valois to La Chapelle-en-Serval, via , Ressons-sur-Matz, Senlis or Formerie, witnesses swore they saw saucers, flying cigars and other mini-extraterrestrials helmed with an orange beam! Press clippings and gendarmerie investigations evoke these episodes, none of which, alas, brought tangible evidence.
[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Location: Formerie, Oise, France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2045
Three witnesses observed a cylinder or rocket shaped device with several illuminated portholes following a complex trajectory following a river. The craft then landed close to the witnesses and several humanoids described as about 1.50m in height, with dark skin and wearing metallic helmets and metallic garments exited the craft. As the witnesses watched stupefied they suddenly experienced headaches and memory loss. Apparently they did not see the object and its occupants depart.
Source: Dr. Claude Poher, GEPA “Statistics from 735 UFO observations”
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
*Oct. 18, 1954 - At 8:45 p.m. three witnesses observed a cylinder or rocket shaped device with several illuminated portholes following a complex trajectory along a river in Formerie, Oise department, France. The craft then landed close to the witnesses and several humanoids described as about 1.50 meters in height, with dark skin and wearing metallic helmets and metallic garments, exited the craft. As the witnesses watched stupefied they suddenly experienced headaches and memory loss. Apparently they did not see the object and its occupants depart. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1954, citing Claude Poher, GEPA “Statistics from 735 UFO observations”).
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541018 | 18.10.1954 | Formerie | France | 20.45 | CE III |
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There is a possibility that this is a very summarized version of the Fontenay Torcy case.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Formerie, Oise, official, investigation, multiple, object, light, fast, occupant, helmet, metallique, effect, skin, manoeuvre
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | December 25, 2004 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 6, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [lcn1], [ars1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | October 9. 2014 | Addition [tai1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | October 18, 2014 | Addition [nip1]. |
| 1.3 | Patrick Gross | March 2, 2017 | Additions [lpn1], [ubk1]. |
