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Reference for this case: Feb-5455-Buis-les-Baronnies.
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In the "Catalog Drôme - Ardèche", compiled in U.F.O. Informations, ufological bulletin of the Association des Amis de Marc Thirouin (AAMT), 4th quarter 1981, a case dated February 1954 or 1955, in Buis-les-Baronnies, Drôme, is noted.
According to an investigation by the SLUB of Buis-les-Baronnies, at about 9:45 p.m., on a clear weather and nice temperature, Mr. Fernand Benoit, a single 67-year-old retired farmer, observed for a few minutes, in a street, stationed about 1 meter above the roofs, a weird object that looked like a large, round pan without handle, covered with a kind of transparent cup.
The lower part of the object was dirty gray. The cup above was luminous, like illuminated by an intermittent light, a little yellow. To the right of the object, an orange flashing light came on and "a kind of festoon in the middle of the cup, as well as a double wall", were visible. On the left, there was a blackened part, like scorched.
Then the object rose noiselessly, without smoke, and left grazing the cars towards the slaughterhouse.
[Ref. uin1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "U.F.O. INFORMATIONS":
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DATE: February 1954 or 1955
PLACE: BUIS-LES-BARONNIES (village)
HOUR: approximately 09:45 p.m.
DURATION: some minutes
WEATHER: clear weather, nice temperature
WITNESS: Mr. FERNAND BENOIT, single, 67, retired farmer.
OBSERVATION: The witness observed, in a street of Buis-les-Baronnies, stationed at about 1 m above the roofs, a strange object which resembled a big round pan, upside down, without a tail, covered with a sort of transparent cup. The lower part of the object was dirty gray. The cup above was luminous, like illuminated by an intermittent light, a bit yellow colored. To the right of the object, a blinking orange light lighted and "a kind of festoon in the middle of the cup, as well as a double wall" were visible. At the left there was a blackened part, as if scorched. Then the object rose noiselessly, without smoke, and left by grazing the cars towards the slaughterhouse.
SOURCES: SLUB investigation (Buis-les-Baronnies)
[Ref. mft1:] MICHEL FIGUET:
| CASE Nr | CLASSIFICATION | DATE | HOUR | PLACE | ZIP CODE | CREDIBILITY SOURCES |
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| H967 | CE1 | 1954 or 55 | 21.45 | Buis-les Baronnies | 26170 C7 | NI [=Unidentified] AAMT 26-07 |
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I find it difficult to me to understand the shape of what is described here; anyway, I do not see any prosaic identification.
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(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Buis-les-Baronnies, Drôme, Fernand Benoit, retired, aged, duration, street, low, object, big, pan, round, tailless, transparent, gray, luminous, light, flashing, yellow, orange, festoon, wall, blackened, scorched, silent
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 25, 2019 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | June 15, 2019 | Addition [mft1]. |
