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October 17, 1954, Reims, Marne, France, a man:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

An man wrote an anonymous letter to a newspaper claiming that a few days earlier on October 17, 1954, in the evening, he skirted the canal at the level of the Saint-Charles ground, in Reims, the Marne, France, when he saw a sharp gleam not far from him.

Approaching, he distinguished a cigar-shaped machine of 8 meters length by 2 meters height posed in the grass. One of its ends emitted phosphorescent gleams; which were reflected on the metallic wall of the machine.

A door opened and three beings of approximately 1 meter 20 emerged, with a crab-like walk, and uttered incomprehensible sounds. A fourth being gten appeared then, who was 1 meter tall and whose bottom of the legs seemed transparent.

The witness tried to come closer, but the creatures then rushed in their craft at with a surprising speed, whereas during this time the witness felt paralyzed by a red, then yellow radiation, coming from a sort of porthole.

The object then took off and moved away quickly towards Tinqueux.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:

Jean Sider indicates that he located this case in ufologist Alain Gamard's file, who himself quotes the regional newspaper "L'Union ", of Reims, for 23-24 October, 1954. Jean Sider notes about this source that the newspaper had to be a local version since there is no mention of the account in the version of this newspaper as archived at the National Library. The account is said to be a reader's letter to this newspaper.

The account for this case is that on October 17, 1954 at the evening, the witness skirted the canal at the level of the Saint-Charles ground, in Reims in the Marne, when he saw, not far from him, a sharp gleam.

He approached and then distinguished a cigar-shaped machine of 8 meters length by 2 meters height posed in the grass.

One of its ends emitted phosphorescent gleams; which were reflected on the metallic wall of the machine.

A door opened and three beings of approximately 1 meter 20 emerged, with a walk like crabs and uttering incomprehensible sounds. A fourth character appeared then, who was 1 meter tall and whose bottom of the legs seemed transparent.

The witness tried to come closer, but the creatures then rushed in their craft at with a surprising speed, whereas during this time the witness felt paralyzed by a red, then yellow radiation, coming from a sort of porthole.

The object then took off and moved away quickly towards Tinqueux.

[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:

[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:

The author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind in Reims, in the Marne, on October 17, 1954, in the evening.

An anonymous witness returned from fishing and skirted the channel at the level of the ground of Saint Charles, when he saw precisely there, not far from him, a sharp gleam.

While approaching he distinguished in the grass an apparatus in the shape of a cigar of approximately eight meters in length and two meters in height. One of the ends emitted phosphorescent gleams reflecting on its metal wall.

A door opened and three beings, 1,20 meters tall approximately, emerged, walking "like crabs" [sideways] while uttering incomprehensible sounds.

A fourth character appeared then, being approximately a meter high, and with a bottom of the legs that seemed transparent. The witness tried to approach more but the creatures engulfed in the cigar surprisingly fast, while the witness felt paralysed under the apparent effect of a red, then yellow beam, emitted from a kind of port-hole.

Then the object took off and moved away quickly towards Tinqueux.

The sources are indicated as the Alain Gamard file quoting L'Union, of Reims, for October 23 and 24, 1954, in which this is a reader's anonymous letter; and Jean Sider, Le dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste, page 206.

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

[Ref. prn2:] PETER ROGERSON - "INTCAT":

Note: The source reference "Gross URECAT" is my file as it appears here; no link was provided any the file content was not really refleted.

Points to consider:

The report is extremely poor as of the beings description; only their height is indicated. The report is nothing more than an anonymous letter to a newspaper, with no investigation or any corroboration; thus a hoax is a very likely explanation.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Probable invention.

Sources references:

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

• [----] ? Article in the regional newspaper L'Union, Reims, France, October 23-24, 1954.
• [----] ? Ufologist Alain Gamard's file, France.
• [----] ? Joël Mesnard and Jean-Marie Bigorne, ufologists, France.
• [jsr1] * "Le Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, France, page 206, 1997.
• [ars1] * "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml
• [lhh1] * "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [tai1] * "1954: October Sightings", catalog on the UFO website Think About It, USA, not dated, found 2014, at http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/8-1954-october-sightings
• [nip1] * List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm
• [jgz1] * "RR3 - Le Dossier des Rencontres du Troisième Type en France", book by Julien Gonzalez, Le Temps Présent publishers, France, page 144, 2014.
• [ubk1] * Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de
• [prn2] * "INTCAT 1954", catalogue compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., circa 2016, at https://intcat.blogspot.com/search?q=1954

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