The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Beginning of October, 1954, Soissons, Aisne:
Reference for this case: Beg-Oct-54-Soissons.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
The newspaper L'Union, from Reims, dated October 13, 1954, reported that "about ten days ago," which would place us at the beginning of October 1954, a father and his son "reportedly saw a saucer resting in a field, into which a small man was climbing using a ladder."
The newspaper states that faced with this sight, the two residents of Soissons, instead of approaching to find out what was happening, reportedly preferred to return home.
[Ref. unn1:] NEWSPAPER "L'UNION":
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SOISSONS. -- Until now we thought that the Martians and their flying saucers, cigars, or even flying eggs, had decided to avoid our region, or that the people of Soissons were not taken in by mirages. That is why we had never had the opportunity to report such events.
However, it seems we were mistaken. Indeed, about ten days ago, two of our fellow citizens, father and son, reportedly saw a saucer resting in a field into which a small man was climbing with the help of a ladder.
Faced with this spectacle, our two residents of Soissons, instead of approaching to see what was happening, reportedly preferred to return home.
Moreover, last Friday around 11:45 a.m., while passing along Avenue de Compiègne, four motorists reportedly saw a Martian out for a walk. At least they were convinced - we were assured - that it was a Martian.
As one can see, Soissons in turn has received a visit from inhabitants of other planets. After all, why not, since for several years scientists have been announcing that they will build rockets that could allow us to go visit the Martians; they would therefore only be preceding us.
[Ref. agd1:] ALAIN GAMARD:
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11 octobre 1954: heure non notée. Soissons (Aisne).
Témoins: two.
Réfs: L'Union 13.10.l954.
[Ref. jsr1:] JEAN SIDER:
Jean Sider indicates that according to L'Union, of Reims, for October 13, 1954, on page 2, at the beginning of October 1954 at an unspecified hour, near Soissons in the Aisne, a father his son saw a saucer posed in a field, and a small man climbing on board using a ladder.
[Ref. ars1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
88.
Location. Soissons France
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Father and son see landed metallic saucer shaped object, and then sees a little man climb the ladder into object. Ladder retracts and the object shoots up and high speed.
HC addition # 2400
Source: LDLN # 319
Type: B
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH - "*U* COMPUTER DATABASE":
3876: 1954/10/00 00:00 1 3:20:00 E 49:24:00 N 3311 WEU FRN ASN 9:7
SOISSONS,FR:MAN+SON:'LITTLE MAN' CLIMBS LADDER into CLASSIC SCR/FIELD
Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 319: FARMLANDS
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Aisne in Soissons in October 1954 at an unknown hour, "At the beginning of the month, a father and his son observed an object in the shape of a saucer in a field in which a small man rose using a scale. The two witnesses preferred to return on their premises."
The source is said to be "Lumières dans la Nuit".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that in October 1954 in Soissons, France, "Little man climbs down ladder from saucer in field." And: "Close encounter with an unidentified craft and its occupants. One disc was observed by two male witnesses on a farm for over one minute. One dwarf was seen."
The sources are noted as: "Lumieres dans la Nuit; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".
[Ref. uda2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that in October 1954 in Soissons, France, "Father and son see landed metallic saucer shaped object, and then sees a little man climb the ladder into object. Ladder retracts and the object shoots up and high speed."
The source is a broken link.
[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Location: Soissons France
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Father & son see landed metallic saucer shaped object, and then sees a little man climb the ladder into object. Ladder retracts and the object shoots up & high speed.
Source: LDLN # 319
[Ref. jgz1:] JULIEN GONZALEZ:
The author indicates that there was a close encounter of the third kind near Soissons, in the Aisne, at the beginning of October 1954, at an unknown hour:
A father and his son, who remained anonymous, saw a saucer landed in a field, into which a little man climbed with the help of a ladder.
Julien Gonzales indicates that the sources are "L'Union" of Reims, October 13, 1954, and Jean Sider in "Le dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste", page 176.
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I venture to think that, until proven otherwise, it was probably a misinterpretation such as a helicopter seen from afar, or simply a complete fabrication.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Soissons, Aisne, father, son, anonymous, landing, saucer, occupant, ladder, frightened
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