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OCTOBER 15, 1954, PERPIGNAN, PYRENEES ORIENTALES:

Reference number for this case: 15-oct-54-Perpignan. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. de1:] "DERBY EVENING TELEGRAPH" NEWSPAPER:

Saucers Back Again
- This Time Bangkok

BANGKOK, Oct. 16 (INS). -- Thailand which has been feeling ignored by interplanetary visitors - heaved a sign of relief today after a flying saucer was sighted over Bangkok.

Bangkok newspapers, quoted by Agence France Presse, not only hailed the sighting of a saucer over their city "at last," but declared that "available information reveals that uninvited guests from outer space ... are directing their attention here with a friendly attitude towards the people of Bangkok."

PERPIGNAN, France, Oct. 16 (INS). -- A retired French customs man today reported he saw a flying saucer land and a tall man dressed in "a diver's suit" step out.

Agence France Presse said Damien Siguère, 56, described the "saucer" as a large red sphere. He added that the occupant jumped back into his craft and took off rapidly, but noiselessly, when he saw Siguere's two dogs.

[Ref. qh1:] "LE QUOTIDIEN DE LA HAUTE-LOIRE" NEWSPAPER:

AN INTERPLANETARY DIVER FEARS THE DOGS

Mr. Damien Siguère, aged 56, retired customs officer, stated to have seen on the road, close to his residence, in the suburbs of Perpignan, a large red sphere. From it, left a tall man, dressed like a diver. Having made a rour around his craft, the "diver" went back in there hurriedly, while Mr. Siguère's two dogs rushed towards him. The craft then rose without noise and disappeared at an extraordinary speed.

Full article available here.

[Ref. hw1:] HAROLD T. WILKINS:

The author indicates that on October 14, 1954, a customs officer at Perpignan in France, testified on oath that a strange reddish object landed near him, and that a man in a sort of "space suit" came out of it. The man was apparently scared by barking dogs and climbed back and took off at fantastic speed.

Further in the book, he mentions that in November 1954, Saucer entities buzzed off from barking dogs, at Perpignan.

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

261

Oct. 15, 1954, Perpignan (France).

Near the swimming pool in Saint-Assiscle, Damien Figueres, 56, was walking with his dogs when a reddish, luminous sphere landed 30 m away and an individual in a diving suit walked around it. The dogs barked at him. He boarded the machine, and it flew away in silence. (Paris-Presse, France-Soir, 17 oct 1954, Carrouges 120).

[Ref. gl1:] CHARLES GARREAU ET RAYMOND LAVIER:

The two authors indicate that on October 13, 1954 in Perpignan, Mr. Figuéras [and not Figuères] a 76 years old pensioner [and not 56], sees a landed reddish luminous sphere, at about thirty meters of him. A small character equipped as a diver comes down from the craft. He walks around the sphere and goes up on board. The craft takes off at once. Mr. Figuéras noticed that the dogs of the vicinity barked furiously during all this scene.

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

The two authors indicate that in Perpignan on October 15, 1954, a person is in front of his residence, close to the swimming pool of Saint-Assiscle and walks his two dogs.

He then sees a reddish sphere which is posed on the road. Fron this object emerges a big man, dressed like a diver. Having walked around his apparatus, the pilot quickly goes back in there, while the two barking dogs leap towards the object.

The object then rose without noise and disappeared at an extraordinary speed. The witness was at about thirty meters of the apparatus. No traces were found on the road.

[Ref. -:] OVNI-PRESENCE:

According to an article in the ufology magazine OVNI Présence #33-34 of December 1985, the sighting explains as a "slow meteor" seen "all over France and elsewhere."

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

Ufologist and author Jean Sider refers to the article of the newspaper "L'Indépendent of October 16, 1954, to specify that at the time of the incident of October 14, 1954 at 07:30 P.M. in Perpignan, one of the dogs of Mr. Damien Figuères who was an Alsatian, had barked at the object landed in the middle of the road, and that his two dogs had rushed in the direction of the object.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

167.

Location. Near Perpignan France

Date: October 15 1954

Time: unknown

Retired French customs man Damien Figueres, 56, reported he saw a large red sphere land, and a tall man dressed in a "diver's suit" step out. The occupant jumped back into his craft and took off without sound when he saw Figuere's two dogs.

Humcat 1954-100

Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia

Type: B

EXPLANATIONS:

Not looked for yet.

KEYWORDS:

(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)

Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Damien Figuères, Damien Figuéras, sphere, luminous, red, landing, occupant, diving suit, humanoid, animals, silence, object, craft

REFERENCES:

[---] indicates sources which I have not yet checked.

[de1] Article in the newspaper Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, Eire, October 14, 1954.
[qh1] Article in the regional newspaper Le Quotidien de la Haute-Loire, France, October 18, 1954.
[---] Article in the local newspaper L'Indépendant, Perpignan, France, pp 1-8, October 16, 1954.
[---] Article in the national newspaper France-Soir, France, October 17, 1954.
[---] Article in the national newspaper Paris-Presse, France, October 17, 1954.
[hw1] "Flying Saucers Uncensored", book by Harold T. Wilkins, Pyramid Books publisher, U-K., pages 246,248, 1954.
[gl1] "Face aux Extra-Terrestres", book by Charles Garreau and Raymond Lavier, Delarge publisher, J'ai Lu, France, page 163, page 172, 1975.
[jv1] "Un Siècle d'Atterrissages", article by Jacques Vallée in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans la Nuit (LDLN), France, #43.
[jv1] "Passport to Magonia - On Ufos, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
[jv1] "Chronique des Apparitions Extra-terrestres", French translation of "Passport to Magonia", book by Jacques Vallée, Denoel publisher, France, page 278, 1972.
[---] Michel Carrouges, (aka Louis Couturier), France.
[223] "OVNI, Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochées en France", book by Michel Figuet and Jean Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre publisher, France, 1979.
[---] Article in the ufology magazine OVNI-Présence, #33-34, December 1985.
[js1] "Le Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, France, page 255, 1997.
[ar1] "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2003, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml

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