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Reference for this case: Fall-54-Bourdons-sur-Rognon.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
Author Julien Gonzalez indicated in his 2014 book listing close encounters of the third type in France, that there was one at the approximate date "autumn 1954" at the end of the morning between Bourdons-sur-Rognon and Consigny, in the Haute-Marne department:
Pierre Mercier, workman, went to his mother by bicycle when suddenly he saw at approximately 50 meters from the road on the left, an object in the shape of a cigar which was posed in a meadow at the edge of a wood.
The object was white and big.
At the same time he also saw close to this object three "small men" of a size between 90 cm and 1 meter in height.
One of them seemed "to trail a rope posed on the ground".
That had lasted only a few second as "the craft" suddenly went away at a vertiginous speed; the witness was not able to say more on the departure of the machine and the creatures.
Julien Gonzalez indicated that the witness died in 1999 and that his report was heard by an investigator only in 1988. The witness had not been able to give a precise date for his observation, saying that that it had taken place at the time when everyone spoke about such things.
He indicated that the source is Lumières Dans La Nuit N ° 371, pages 8 and 10, investigation Fabrice Curlier.
[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:
The author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind at the approximate date "autumn 1954" at the end of the morning between Bourdons-sur-Rognon and Consigny, in the Haute-Marne:
Pierre Mercier, workman, went to his mother by bicycle when suddenly he saw at approximately 50 meters from the road on the left, an object in the shape of a cigar which was posed in a meadow at the edge of a wood.
The object was white and big.
At the same time he also saw close to this object three "small men" of a size between 90 cm and 1 meter in height.
One of them seemed "to trail a rope posed on the ground".
That had lasted only a few second as "the craft" suddenly went away at a vertiginous speed; the witness was not able to say more on the departure of the machine and the creatures.
Julien Gonzalez indicates that the witness died in 1999 and that his report was heard by an investigator only in 1988. The witness had not been able to give a precise date for his observation, saying that that it had taken place at the time when everyone spoke about such things.
The source is indicated as Lumières Dans La Nuit #371, pages 8 and 10, investigation of Fabrice Curlier.
[Ref. jmd1:] JOEL MESNARD:
Recalling that the case was published in LDLN 371, the author publishes a sketch for this observation.
[Ref. rra1:] RAOUL ROBE AND JEAN-MICHEL ABRASSART:
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Categories:
U: Humanoid sighting with a UFO
NU: Humanoid sighting without a UFO
RV: Religious visions (Virgin Mary, White Lady or similar)
| N° | Date | Place (Department number) | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... Other cases... | |||
| 08 | Fall 1954 | Bourdons-sur-Rognon (52) | U |
| ... Other cases... | |||
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Possible helicopter.
We are not told whether the departure of the craft silent or noisy, though this would be a crucial information.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Bourdons-sur-Rognon, Consigny, Haute-Marne, single, worker, Pierre Mercier, craft, landing, cigar, occupants, small, rope, fast, meadow, white
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | October 27, 2016 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | February 16, 2017 | Addition [jmd1]. |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | December 2, 2021 | Addition [rra1]. |
