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SEPTEMBER 4, 1952, ANOST, SAONE-ET-LOIRE, FRANCE, JEAN SIBRANOSEIAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Apparently, in 1973, in a self-published book on a flying saucer case, author Henri Convert wrote that in the Saone-et-Loire, France, on September 4, 1952, shortly after nightfall, Jean Sibranoseian was camping in the Morvan not too far from Anost.

Night had fallen, when he saw something like a star falling from the sky. Standing up in surprise, he saw, less than 130 feet away, a dirigible-shaped object about 18 feet long and 6 feet high, on which were two pairs of lighted portholes, whose light varied "curiously."

As he stared petrified, he heard a slight sound and then perceived, about 15 feet from him, a man-like "creature" taller than he was. He was terrified. The being stepped down from a low stump on which he had been standing, and proved to be shorter that Jean, at most 5 feet tall.

He came forward several steps, holding his hands out in front with palms upward. Jean automatically did the same, upon which the being retreated very nimbly, hopping first on one leg, and then the other. But within 10 seconds, he came forward again, his arms now hanging, and stood facing the witness only 6 feet away.

He was human except for a rather large head with dark hair, and had large "pupil less" eyes in a very handsome, completely unlined and smiling face. He wore a blue gray "well fitted" garment.

Jean smiled back at him; then, feeling foolish, he took out one of his visiting cards and offered it to the humanoid, who accepted it, still smiling, and slipped it into an invisible pocket.

Then he backed away, again raised his lower arms to the horizontal, and disappeared in his hopping walk. Jean had no doubt that he had confronted a man from another planet.

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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in the Saone-et-Loire, France, on September 4, 1952, shortly after nightfall, Jean Sibranoseian, was camping in the Morvan, not too far from Anost; night had fallen, when he saw something like a star falling from the sky. Standing up in surprise, he saw, less than 130 ft away, a dirigible shaped object about 18 ft long and 6 ft high, in which were 2 pairs of lighted portholes, whose light varied "curiously."

As he stared at it, petrified, he heard a slight sound and then perceived, about 15 ft from him, a man like "creature" taller than he was. He was terrified. The being stepped down from a low stump on which he had been standing, and proved to be shorter that Jean, at most 5 ft tall; he came forward several steps, holding his hands out in front with palms upward. Jean "automatically" did the same, upon which the being retreated very nimbly, hopping first on one leg, and then the other. But within 10 seconds he came forward again, his arms now hanging, and stood facing the witness only 6 ft away. He was human except for a rather large head with dark hair, and had large "pupil less" eyes in a very handsome, completely unlined face, which was smiling. He wore a blue gray "well fitted" garment. Jean smiled back at him; then, feeling foolish, he took out one of his visiting cards and offered it to the humanoid, who accepted it, still smiling, and slipped it into an invisible pocket. Then he backed away, again raised his lower arms to horizontal, and "disappeared, with his hopping gait." Jean had no doubt that he had confronted a man from another planet.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Henri Convert and Humcat 1952-21.

Points to consider:

"Henri Convert" is very probably a pseudonym, sounding like "haricot vert", i.e. "green bean". This name is only present in ufology by his self-published and very rare book relating primarily to an alleged case of flying saucer in Sainte-Foy. Is he actually Henri Contet, precisely born in Anost in 1904, famous as lyric writer of Edith Piaf and others, and who was director of the SACEM music copyright enforcement state organization in the Sixties?

Whereas Anost really exists in the Saone-and-Loire and even has a campsite, the name of the alleged witness of this hard-to-believe story, "Jean Sibranoseian", is probably either completely made up, or still another pseudonym or an anagram; this patronym seems to be carried by absolutely nobody and does not correspond to any etymology.

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Evaluation:

Dubious.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? "Les Maîtres De l'Espace", book by Henri Convert, La Pensée Unverselle printer (self-publishing), France, 1973.
• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1977.
• [ar1] * "1952 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1952.shtml

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