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Reference for this case: Jun-5257-Evillers.
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Jean Tyrode was a teacher at Evillers in the Doubs in the 1950s; he said he himself had witnessed a dozen or so UFO observations in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He became passionate about the matter and conducted numerous field investigation in the Doubs: which he communicated to the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit.
One of the first observations he reported was described in this magazine in 1969:
One June, between 1952 and 1957, Jean Tyrode was standing with others on the front steps of the Evillers cheese dairy, around 6 p.m., in broad daylight.
On the left, appeared a dark "thing", without light, almost black, not reflecting the sun, producing no perceptible noise, a few hundred meters from the group.
The "thing" was following a north-east to southwest trajectory fifty meters above the ground and disappeared to the right, hidden by the houses.
[Ref. fle11:] FERNAND LAGARDE AND JEAN TYRODE:
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Fernand Lagarde liste des observations faites par Jean Tyrode, devenu ufologue, dans le secteur d'Evillers dans le Doubs, dont:
1° BETWEEN 1952 AND 1957.
One day in June, Mr. TYRODE, in the company of other people, was standing on the doorsteps of the EVILLERS Cheese Factory, (see map) at about 6 p.m, broad daylight.
On the left, a dark "thing" appeared, without light, almost black. Producing no noticeable noise, a few hundred meters from the group, the "thing" following a trajectory NE-SW, fifty meters above the ground. (See sketch A).
The object disappeared on the right, hidden by the houses.
Although opposite the sun, one saw no reflection.
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[Ref. gep1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "GEPO":
| 06 00 54 (18) | Evillers(doubs) | 104A1 | Y |
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Unidentified, possible plane or distant helicopter.
In "skeptical" ufologist circles, I often heard the comment that the problem with Jean Tyrode's personal observations - and his numerous investigations reports - is their suspicious high number.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Evillers, Doubs, Jean Tyrode, object, black, matt, low, silent
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| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | November 28, 2019 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | April 1, 2022 | Addition [gep1]. |
