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Reference number for this case: 8-nov-54-Voussac. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 1244:] JACQUES VALLEE:
Jacques Vallée indicates that on November 8, 1954, in Voussac, close to Doulouvre, "it is claimed that people worthy of faith" saw a luminous sphere landing at the edge of a forest, and becoming dark. The next morning, "research proved" that a surface from 4 to 5 meters in diameter did not have any more leaves on the ground while the rest of the ground was covered with leaves. Jacques Vallée specifies that the ground seemed to have been dug and that no noise had been heard. No source is indicated.
[Ref. 187:] JACQUES VALLEE:
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332 Nov. 08, 1954, 06:00 P.M., Voussac (France). In the Vacheresse Forest, reliable persons reported seeing a luminous sphere land at the edge of the forest and become dark. The next morning, investigation disclosed that an area 4 or 5 m in diameter had no leaves, while the ground elsewhere was covered with them. The earth seemed to have been dug up. (Personal) |
[Ref. 50:] CHARLES GARREAU AND RAYMOND LAVIER:
The authors indicate that on November 8, 1954, at 06:00 P.M. in Voussac in the Allier, close to the hamlet of Doulouvre, the inhabitants of Voussac walk in the forest of Vacheresse. Whereas they approach the edge of the wood, they see a luminous sphere go down from the clouds and land at the edge of the meadows. Then it loses its luminosity and becomes dark. The walkers do not dare to approach and make a detour. They announce the fact to the gendarmerie. The morning of the following day, the survey carried out on the spot resulted in the discovery that inside a zone of 4 to 5 m in diameter, there were no dead leaves, whereas the ground was strewn with it everywhere else. The ground seemed to be turned over.
[Ref. 233] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two ufologists and authors indicate that on November 8, 1954 at 06:00 p.m., in the edge of the forest of Vacheresse close to the hamlet of Doulouvre, close to Voussac, walkers from Voussac saw a luminous sphere go down from the clouds and land on the edge of the meadows.
It then became dark, and the witnesses did not dare to approach, made a turning and continued their walk. They reported the event to the gendarmerie only once returned on their premises.
The gendarmerie investigated and discovered an area of 4 to 5 meters in diameter deprived of dead leaves whereas the ground was strewn with it in the neighborhood, and the ground seemed to have been dug.
The two authors quote as source Jacques Vallée's catalogue, the book by Garreau and Lavier, and the Allier catalogue in "Special OVNI-Info" by Group 03100.
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Voussac, Allier, multiple, forest, wood, meadows, Doulouvre, Vacheresse, landing, luminous, dark, gendarmerie, trace, circular, ground
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