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FEBRUARY OR MARCH 1914, LAJOUMARD, HAUTE-VIENNE, FRANCE, A FARMER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that the French ufologists Joel Mesnard and Jean Marie Bigorne recorded a CE3 case that occurred in Lajoumard, Haute Vienne, France, in February of March 1914, at nightfall.

An anonymous farmer, now deceased, was returning to his farmhouse at twilight when he saw atop a nearby hill called ""Les Pierrières", a round luminous object, green in color, hovering just above the ground or posed on the ground.

When he was about 100 to 200 meters away, he saw several beings of very small stature emerge from the machine, stroll about briefly, then disappear once again inside.

The object then took off in a spiral or zigzag trajectory, and then streaked off at very high speed.

The farmer, frightened by the incident, spoke about it to his family, asking that they never speak about it to anyone else, and it was only after his death that the incident was revealed by his daughter, one Mrs Champagne, apparently. Her brother also remembered the story.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jc1:] JEROME CLARK:

Jerome Clark says that in March 1914 at twilight, in Lajoumard, France, a farmer returning home saw a round, green, luminous object hovering just above a hilltop. Several small beings emerged, walked around the machine, and went back inside, at which point the object shot off. He told only his family of the strange experience, and ufologists learned about it many years later when the witness was dead.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Lajoumard, Haute Vienne, France, in March 1914, in the evening, "A farmer, now deceased, was returning to his farmhouse at twilight when he chanced to see atop a nearby hill a round luminous object, green in color, hovering just above the ground. When he was about 100 to 200 meters away he saw several beings of small stature emerge from the machine, stroll about briefly, then disappear once again inside. The object then took off in a spiral, or zigzag, trajectory, and then streaked off at very high speed. He spoke to his family of the incident and asked that they never speak of it to anyone else. It was only after his death that the incident was revealed."

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Joel Mesnard and Jean Marie Bigorne".

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in 1914 in St Leonard-De-Noblat, France, "Round greenish object seen resting on hilltop, several beings around it. Object climbed slowly, then flew away at great speed."

And: "Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. One green round object was observed."

The sources are indicated as "Hall, Richard H., From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), UFO Research Coalition, Fairfax, 2000, ISBN:1-928957-01-3".

[Ref. ud2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in March 1914 in Lajoumard, Haute Vienne, France, "A farmer, now deceased, was returning to his farmhouse at twilight when he chanced to see atop a nearby hill a round luminous object, green in color, hovering just above the ground. When he was about 100 to 200 meters away he saw several beings of small stature emerge from the machine, stroll about briefly, then disappear once again inside. The object then took off in a spiral, or zigzag, trajectory, and then streaked off at very high speed. He spoke to his family of the incident and asked that they never speak of it to anyone else. It was only after his death that the incident was revealed."

The source indication is a broken link.

[Ref. ud2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in March 1914 in the evening in "St Leonard De Noblat, France", "Green round object rests on hilltop. Figures outside. Object rises vertically, away fast."

And: "An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One green round object was observed by one witness in a pasture for two minutes."

The sources are listed as "Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", "Lumieres dans la Nuit, Lumieres dans la Nuit", "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

The author says that the 1st quarter of 1914 in Lajoumard, Haute Vienne, France, Mrs. Champagne, daughter of the mains witness, collected in 1978 his report, the latter being deceased when she told the experience of her father. The brother of this lady also remembered the event which had occurred in February or March.

The witness is a farmer whose identity remained confidential, who returned home at nightfall, when he saw on the top of a small hill called "Pierrières" a greenish luminous object, of round shape and posed on the ground.

When he was no more than one or two hundred meters away, he distinguished several figures of very small size who came out of it, went around it, then disappeared inside at once.

The object lifted initially in spiral or zigzags, then went away at high speed to be soon lost from sight. The witness was reportedly in anguish in front of this strange display.

Jean Sider indicates that the source is LDLN n° 313, 1992, pp. 23-25.

[Ref. db1:] "UFO-DATENEBANKEN":

This database recors a CE3 case on 03-1914 in Lajoumard, France, with one only information that the source is "DUFOA-Deutschland - SiDat - 1996-2002".

Points to consider:

Here is an interesting case, of high strangeness, unexplainable by human aviation of that time.

A formal record of all the statements would have been appreciated.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? Ufologists Joël Mesnard and Jean Marie Bigorne, in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #313, pp 23-25, 1992.
• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1992.
• [jc1] * "Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1901-1959 - The Emergence of a Phenomenon", article par Jerome Clark, dans le magazine Strange, N.10, page 88, 1992.
• [---] ? "From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946)", compiled by Richard Hall, UFO Research Coalition, USA, 2000.
• [---] ? DUFOA-Deutschland - SiDat - 1996-2002.
• [---] ? "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [ar1] * "1910 - 1919 Humanoid Sighting Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1910.shtml
• [ud1] * "In 1914 - St Leonard-De-Noblat, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2006, at www.thecid.com/ufo/uf13/uf7/137665.htm
• [ud2] * "March 1914 - Lajoumard, Haute Vienne, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2006, at thecid.com/ufo/uf19/uf4/194751.htm
• [ud3] * "In March 1914 - St Leonard De Noblat, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2006, at thecid.com/ufo/uf16/uf9/169521.htm
• [js1] * "Les 'Extraterrestres' Avant les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jean Sider, JMG publisher, France, pp 207-208, 2007.
• [db1] * UFO-Datenbanken, website, Germany, found 2013, at www.ufo-datenbank.de/europa/Frankreich/sichtung1.php?id=4475

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