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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

JANUARY 29, 1968, FOS-SUR-MER, BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, FRANCE, MR. L.:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Fragmentary sources of various nature that seem to be based on an account of Science-Fiction writer and ufologist Jimmy Guieu in a magazine on the occult provide, when added to each other, the following report of an encounter dated January 29, 1968, or sometimes March 29, 1968, with an anonymous 22-year-old mechanic as witness, in France, at the Pont de la Roque, between Fos-sur-Sea and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone.

At this place at 01:15 a.m., on a motorcycle, the mechanic is said to have seen "a saucer" go down and land close to an electric power transformer.

An opening appeared from which a bright white light came out, and an entity, of human appearance, came out and descended from there to the ground on a kind of ramp.

The entity was 1.50 meters tall, wearing a kind of security guard uniform of light color, shining, woven of heavy fabric, with a "turtleneck." He had blonde or white hair, short cut.

The witness was unable to run away or move, but was unable to specify if it was caused by fear or by an actual paralysis.

The saucer occupant examined the ground around him and then noticed the witness, whom he observed during a while before reinstating the saucer; which took off gently in a gust of fresh air. Another version indicates that the man reinstated his saucer at once when he saw the witness.

In the two next weeks, the witness is said to have experience sleepless and agitated nights, and made a premonitory dream about a fire disaster at the Esso plant.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000347
Date of event: January 29, 1968
Earliest report of event: 1972
Delay of report: 4 years
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Jimmy Guieu in esoterica magazine.
First certain record by: Regional newspaper.
First alleged record type: Jimmy Guieu in esoterica magazine.
First certain record type: Regional newspaper.
This file created on: November 10, 2007
This file last updated on: November 10, 2007
Country of event: France
State/Department: Bouches-du-Rhône
Type of location: Outside near power tansformer.
Lighting conditions: Not reported.
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: Yes
UFO departure observed: Yes
UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: 22.
Witnesses types: Man, mechanic.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: 1.50 meters.
Entities outfit type: Like security guard uniform.
Entities outfit color: Bright, shining.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported or normal.
Entities head: Not reported or normal.
Entities eyes: Not reported or normal.
Entities mouth: Not reported or normal.
Entities nose: Not reported or normal.
Entities feet: Not reported or normal.
Entities arms: Not reported or normal.
Entities fingers: Not reported or normal.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Blond or white hair, cut short.
Entities voice: None heard.
Entities actions: Came out of UFO, saw witness, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions: None.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed.
Witness(es) feelings: Frightened, paralyzed.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Possible hoax. Insufficient data.
Explanation certainty: Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. lp1:] "LE PROVENCAL" NEWSPAPER:

January 29, 1968:

Landing of a saucer between Fos-sur-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis. A witness approaches the apparatus within less than 6 meters. From the saucer a being of human appearance emerges. 1.50 meters approximately, fair or white hair, thin. The humanoid sees the witness and reinstates the cockpit at once.

Note: full article and scan available here in the Press section.

[Ref. fr1:] MICHEL FIGUET ET JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:

The authors indicate that on January 29, 1968, at the Pont de La Roque, between Fos-sur-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis-of-the-Rhone, Mr "L", a mechanic, witnessed the landing of a "saucer" from which an occupant came out, and he approached within five meters of the saucer.

An opening "uncovered" on it, the witness was unable to run away or move, but could not specify if it was an effective paralysis or caused by his fear.

In the two weeks that followed, he had sleepless and agitated nights, and had a premonitory dream of a catastrophic fire at the Esso factories.

The authors indicate as sources Jimmy Guieu in "Le Grand Albert" #7, pages 22-23 and a "special paralysis" in Ouranos.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Fos-su-Mer [sic, Fos-sur-Mer], Arles, France, on March 29, 1968, at 01:15 a.m., an unidentified 22-year-old mechanic, on a motorbike between Fos-sur-Mer and Port Saint Louis, observed a UFO, descend, and land near a power transformer. An opening appeared in the base from which was emitted a bright white light. Then a human appearing entity emerged and descended to the ground on a kind of ramp. He wore a sort of security guard's outfit with a "rolled collar." The suit was light colored and brilliant, woven of heavy stitches. The man's hair white blond or white, and cut in a crew-cut. He examined the ground around him and then noticed the witness, whom he watched for a moment before re-entering the object. The UFO took off gently with a gust of cool air.

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

Points to consider:

"Le Grand Albert", subtitled "The Newspaper of the Secret Science" was a modest bulletin published in France from 1972 on, its name coming from a Middle Ages alchemy book, and dealing with the occult, esoterism, remote viewing, magic etc, all things Jimmy Guieu was very fond of.

It is obviously not possible to put out any certain explanation being given the skeletal reports available, each one seeming to give some element missing in the others. The lack of data, they incompleteness, their dubious origin, the lack of an investigation report, the saucer with its very human occupant, of folkloric type, hardly give weight to the story which could very well have been totally invented.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe November 10, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Apparent Primary source Guieu in "Le Grand Albert" not available. Help needed. Opened.
2 Data Severe November 10, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Report by Bigorne and Mesnard not referenced and not available. Help needed. Opened.
3 Data Severe November 10, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Fragmentary, sparse and partially contradictory reports. Help needed. Opened.
4 Ufology Severe November 10, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness, anonymous and untraceable. Help needed. Opened.
5 Ufology Severe November 10, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No investigation report available. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Possible hoax. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author: Patrick Gross
Contributors: None
Reviewers: None
Editor: Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version: Created/Changed By: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross November 10, 2007 Creation, [lp1], [fr1], [ar1].
1.0 Patrick Gross November 10, 2007 First published.

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