The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 28-Oct-54-Châtel-Blanc.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In the 1990's, ufologist and author Jean Sider learned by an article from the newspaper La République, of Besancon, in the issue for November 4, 1954, that in the night from the 28th to the 29th of October 29, 1954, in Châtel-Blanc, close to Pontarlier in the department of the Doubs, Miss Marie Thérèse Bourgeois was busy inspecting her cattle shed, when, as she went outside she saw an odd gleam in the sky.
After taking a few steps outside, she clearly noticed a very enlightened strange object which prepared to land. The apparatus evolved at a hundred of meters of the village, and descended in zigzags to come to land at less than 50 meters of the cheese dairy.
After a few seconds all the lights were off. Miss Bourgeois did not think of calling her neighbors, nor to await the takeoff of the mysterious machine.
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
Ufologist and author Jean Sider learned by an article from the newspaper La République, of Besancon, in the issue for November 4, 1954, that in the night from the 28th to the 29th of October 29, 1954, in Châtel-Blanc, close to Pontarlier in the department of the Doubs, Miss Marie Thérèse Bourgeois was busy inspecting her cattle shed, when, as she went outside she saw an odd gleam in the sky.
After taking a few steps outside, she clearly noticed a very enlightened strange object which prepared to land. The apparatus evolved at a hundred of meters of the village, and descended in zigzags to come to land at less than 50 meters of the cheese dairy.
After a few seconds all the lights were off. Miss Bourgeois did not think of calling her neighbors, nor to await the takeoff of the mysterious machine.
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
4305: 1954/10/28 22:00 1 6:07:00 E 46:40:40 N 3331 WEU FRN DBS 5:6
CHATEL-BLANC,FR:1 OBS:ODD GROUP/NLTs ZIGZAGS:poss.LANDING:OBS FLEES:/LDLN#319
Ref#217 Jean SIDER: Le DOSSIER 1954 (2 vol.) Page No. 123 : TOWN &CITY
[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:
Encounters With Aliens On This Day
September 28
[...]
1954 - At the same time in Chatel-Blanc, Doubs, France a group of nocturnal lights zigzagged through the sky and may have landed, but the witness fled the scene. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4090, citing Jean Sider, Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste, p. 123).
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Doubs in Châtelblanc on September 28, 1954, at an unknown hour, "During the night from September 28 to 29, the witness leaves to go visit his cattle shed when she sees a gleam in the sky. She distinguishes a very enlightened object then seeming to prepare to land. It moved at a hundred meters of the village, going down in zigzag and landed at less than 50 m of the cheese dairy. At the end of a few seconds all the lights died out. The witness did not seek to knuw more and went home."
The source is noted: "Lumières dans la Nuit".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 28 October 1954 at 22:00 in Chatel-Blanc, France, "Group of nocturnal lights zig-zag. Possibly land. Witness flees."
And: "At the same time in Chatel-Blanc, France a group of nocturnal lights zigzagged through the sky and may have landed, but the witness fled the scene."
And: "Objects were observed. They zig-zagged through the air. A group of lights was observed by one witness in a town for over one minute. No sound was heard."
The source is indicated as "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002."
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
*Oct. 28, 1954 - At the same time [than in the case in Thoury] in Chatel-Blanc, Doubs, France a group of nocturnal lights zigzagged through the sky and may have landed, but the witness fled the scene. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4090, citing Jean Sider, Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste, p. 123).
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The case is "unidentified" to me; but clearly, no investigation has been conducted, so its reliability is unknown.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Châtel-Blanc, Doubs, light, gleam, falling leaf, zigzag, landing, Pontarliers, farmer, Thérèse Bourgeois
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 7, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 23, 2010 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [djn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 25, 2010 | Addition [lcn1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | October 19, 2014 | Addition [nip1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 11, 2018 | Addition [lhh1], Summary. Explnantions changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
