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OCTOBER 1954, SEMONS, ISERE, FRANCE, A FARMER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

In a series of articles about the French saucer flap of 1954 issued in 1993 from journalistic sources found by ufologist Jean Sider, the ufology magazine "Lumières Dans La Nuit" apparently listed that in the early days of October 1954, in the evening, in Semons, France, a farmer who remained anoymous saw saucer in his yard, and small human-looking beings making calf sounds, who entered the object, which quickly left vertically.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

The author indicates that according to the newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré for October 9, 1945, page 6, several beings were seen coming out of a saucer while making calf sounds, then they quickly entered in their machine which took off vertically.

Jean Sider specifies that the witness is anonymous.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Isère in Semons in October 1954 at an unknown hour, "In the first days of the month, the witness observed in his court a strange object which had landed at nightfall. Small beings had come out of there, uttering young calf lowings, then had rushed up in their vehicle which went away again at once vertically in the sky."

The source is noted as "Lumières dans la Nuit".

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on In October 1954 at 22:00 in Semons, France, there was a sighting.

The source is noted as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on October 1954 at 22:00 in Semons, France, "A farmer saw a landed disc shaped object on a pasture. When the calves in a nearby field start bleating, a small human like figure was seen running into the object. The object then quickly departs.

The source is a broken link.

[Ref. ta1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:

[Ref. gz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:

The author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind in Semons in the Isère one evening at the beginning of October 1954:

An anonymous witness saw several small beings emerging from a saucer utterring calf mooves and then quickly reintegrating their machine which took off vertically.

Sources are indicated as Le Dauphiné Libéré for October 24, 1954, and Jean Sider in "Le dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste" on page 176.

Points to consider:

The data is obviously insufficient for this report probably found in some local newspaper and probably never investigated.

The occupant seems described as a normal human, "small" or "little" could to correspond to an observation distance, the description of the apparatus is insufficient, and while it is rather improbable though not impossible that a helicopter made a landing and takeoff by night in the nature in the Isère, such an explanation cannot be excluded here, nor can some car in the distance be excluded, the notions of landing and taking off being vague enough here so that it might have been as some newspapers of the time did: a simple arrival and a simple departure becomes more than that. One of the key elements here would be the observation distance, but nothing is said about it.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Possible confusion. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article in the regional newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, France, page 6, October 9, 1954.
• [---] ? Ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, N.319, August 1993.
• [js1] * "Le Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, France, page 176, 1997.
• [ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1967.shtml
• [---] * "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, 2002.
• [lc1] * Base OVNI France, website by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2007, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=1&page=0&numobs=1997
• [ud1] * "In October 1954 - Semons, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf16/uf2/162101.htm
• [ud2] * "October 1954 - Semons, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf19/uf8/198778.htm
• [ta1] * "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
• [gz1] * "RR3 - Le Dossier des Rencontres du Troisième Type en France", book by Julien Gonzalez, Le Temps Présent publishers, France, page 98, 2014.

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