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November 3, 1954, Mareil-en-champagne, Sarthe, France, Roland Poirier:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The case was reported in the newspapers Les Nouvelles, of Sablé, for November 6, 1954 and La Libre Dépêche du Maine, of le Mans, for November 7, 1954, about an experience alleged by young farm hand Roland Poirier aged 15, on November 3, 1954.

That day, at 06:30, lighting himself with a hand lantern because of the fog, the young man, employed by Mr. Raymond Baré in La Grange, Mareil-en-Champagne, France, was going to seek the cows to milk. He had hardly walked five hundred meters, when he saw two strange beings in the fog.

He described them as having a hairy face and a big nose, eyes like China men, metallic looking clothes, capped with a round and transparent helmet. They walked like if they were skating.

He was very afraid and yelled. The beings started to walk around him, one in a contrary direction of that of the other.

His boss, the farmer, saw him suddenly arrive, out of breath, disfigured by the fear, and telling him that two strange beings, which had disappeared meanwhile, had chased him.

Upset by the fear, the teenager was sick all the day and did not want to sleep alone anymore. He claimed that he did not hallucinate, and it was said that he had never read anything about the flying saucers, nor the Martians.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. js1] JEAN SIDER:

French ufologist and author Jean Sider notes that on November 3, 1954, at 06:30 a.m., in Mareil-in-Champagne, in the Sarthe, in France, Roland Poirier, aged 15, experienced a close encounter of the third kind reported in the newspapers Les Nouvelles, of Sablé, for November 6, 1954 on page 3, and La Libre Dépêche du Maine, of le Mans, for November 7, 1954 on page 3, in the following manner:

"A young farmer assistant aged 15 experienced last Wednesday the greatest fright of his life, It was 06:30, lighting himself with a hand lantern because of the fog, the young chap who works at Mr. Raymond Baré in La Grange (Mareil), was going to seek the cows to milk. He had hardly walked five hundred meters, when, if he must be believed, he saw in the fog two strange beings:"

"They had a hairy face and a big nose. Their clothing was like metal. And they were capped with a round and transparent helmet. I was very afraid and I yelled. They are started to walk around me, one in a contrary direction of that of the other."

"Suddenly, the farmer saw arriving his assistant, out of breath, disfigured by the fear. The young man however managed to entrust to him that two strange beings, which had disappeared meanwhile, had chased him. The young Roland also specified that the two beings advanced "like skating." Upset by the fear, the teenager was sick all the day and does not want to sleep alone anymore. However, he claims that he was not the victim of an hallucination. Moreover, he had never, it is claimed, read anything about the flying saucers, nor the Martians."

Jean Sider notes that the first journal gives calls the witness Roland Baré, but that Baré was the name of his boss, and not that of his father nor of his uncle, and that the correct witness name is indeed Roland Poirier.

Jean Sider also specifies that that the first source indicates that the eyes of the two beings were "like those of China men."

Further in his book, he indicates that he learned in an article from the newspaper La Dépêche Libre du Maine for November 7, 1954 that Roland Poirier, aged 15, remained sick a whole day after having seen two strange beings equipped with a transparent helmet who turned around him, on November 3, 1954 at 6:30 a.m. in Mareil-en-Champagne in the department of the Sarthe.

[Ref. lh1] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

For November 3, 1954, Donald Johnson indicates that two dwarf humanoids wearing metallic suits with helmets were seen in a thick fog at 6:30 a.m. at a farm in Mareil-sur-Loir, France. The beings glided over the ground, and there is the possibility that the two witnesses experienced an episode of missing time.

Donald Johnson indicates that the source is Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 4123, citing Jean Sider, Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationnaliste, page 224.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 3 November 1954 at 06:30 in Mareil-sur-Loir, France, there was fog, mist, vapor. Two dwarf humanoids wearing metallic suits with helmets were seen in a thick fog. They glided over the ground. There was a possible missing time. Little men were observed. A cloud-like object object was observed in foggy weather by two witnesses on a farm for two minutes. Two dwarves, each wearing a silver suit and helmet, were seen. Two observers see two humanoids wearing metallic suits and clear helmets. Both beings appeared to be encased in a mist or fog. One of the beings followed the younger of the observers. A possible missing time was reported. There is no other information.

The sources are indicated as Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002; Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database.

[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Sarthe in Mareil sur Loir on November 3, 1954 at 06:30 hours, a teenager who works with the location La Grange fetched cows to milk with a lantern for there was fog. He falls nose to nose with two strange beings with hairy faces with a large nose and slanted eyes. Their clothing seems out of metal and they are capped with a round and transparent helmet. The young boy is afrais and shouts, the two entities then start to turn around him in reverse direction one from the other. The young witness would return to the farm with the face disfigured by the fear telling his story and saying that the two entities had chased him, moving as if they were skating.

The source is noted "Lumières dans la Nuit".

[Ref. le1:] A READER:

[Ref. ni1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

[Ref. pr2:] PETER ROGERSON - "INTCAT":

Note: The source reference "URECAT" is my web page.

Points to consider:

This is a little known case of the famous 1954 French flap, unfortunately not investigated, discovered in Press archive by researcher Jean sider.

The notions that there were two witnesses and a possible "missing time" which appeared in the foreign sources mentioning the case is without base.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors. No investigation.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article in the local newspaper Les Nouvelles, Sablé, France, page 3, November 6, 1954.
• [---] ? Article in the regional newspaper La Dépêche Libre du Maine, of Le Mans, France, page 3, November 7, 1954.
• [---] ? Ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #325, January / February 1994.
• [js1] * "Le Dossier 1954 Et l'Imposture Rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, France, pp 224-225, 268, 1997.
• [lh1] * "*U* Computer Database", database by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
• [ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Sightings", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml
• [dj1] * "Encounters With Aliens On This Day - November 3", web page, compiled by Donald D. Johnson, PhD, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/November03.html
• [dj1] * "Encounters with Aliens on this Day - November 3", web page compiled by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/November03.html
• [lc1] * Base OVNI France website, by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2871
• [ud1] * "3 Nov 1954 - Mareil-sur-Loir, France", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf16/uf2/162662.htm
• [le1] * Non-anonymous email from a reader of my website to me received on February 19, 2009.
• [ni1] * List on The NICAP Website, USA, found in 2014, at http://www.nicap.org/reports/1954_ufocat.htm
• [pr2] * "INTCAT 1954", catalogue compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., circa 2016, at https://intcat.blogspot.com/search?q=1954

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