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October 4, 1954, Chaumargeais, Haute-Loire:

Reference for this case: 4-Oct-54-Chaumargeais.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

The regional newspaper Le Quotidien de la Haute-Loire of October 15, 1954 reported under the headline "The 'saucer' did not land but dropped 'balls'":

It was claimed wrongly that Mrs. Blachon, resident of Chaumargeais, close to Tence, had seen a flying saucer landing. Information being fetched, Mrs. Blachon did not see the machine land but, on the other hand noted in a very clear manner that this cigar released pellets which disappeared quickly in the atmosphere. One thus wonders if they were "rolled in the flour or the sugar"...

The ufologist Michel Jeantheau, in 1999, found the case in the regional newspaper L'Eveil de la Haute-Loire for October 15, 1954, similarly reported but with the full name of the witness, Mrs. Léonie Blachon.

Reports:

[Ref. lqh1:] NEWSPAPER "LE QUOTIDIEN DE LA HAUTE-LOIRE":

THE "SAUCER" DID NOT LAND BUT RELEASED "PELLETS"

It was claimed wrongly that Mrs. Blachon, resident of Chaumargeais, close to Tence, had seen a flying saucer landing. Information being fetched, Mrs. Blachon did not see the machine land but, on the other hand noted in a very clear manner that this cigar released pellets which disappeared quickly in the atmosphere. One thus wonders if they were "rolled in the flour or the sugar"...

[Ref. mju1:] MICHEL JEANTHEAU:

This ufologist indicates that a "very shiny flying cigar from which pellets escaped" was observed by Mrs. Léonie Blachon in Chaumargeais, about 5 km south-east of Tence.

He indicates that the source is L'Eveil de la Haute-Loire, Le Puy-en-Velay, France, October 15, 1954.

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 4 October 1954 at 19:00 in Chaumargeais, France, "An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one witness."

The source is indicated as "Vallee, Jacques, Computerized Catalog (N = 3073)."

[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
19541004 04.10.1954 Chaumargeais France 19.00 NL
19541004 04.10.1954 Teuce France 19.00

Explanations:

Map.

Insufficient information, possible jet plane.

Keywords:

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

Chaumargeais, Haute-Loire, Léonie Blachon, Blachon, saucer, cigar, pellets, angel hair

Sources:

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

Document history:

Version: Created/Changed by: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross January 28, 2006 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross March 2, 2010 Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Addition [us1].
1.1 Patrick Gross January 9, 2017 Addition [ubk1].
1.2 Patrick Gross June 24, 2022 Additions [mju1], Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." In the Summary, addition of the information from [mju1].

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