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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. jv1:] 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. jv2:] 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. gl1:] 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. fr1:] 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.
[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:
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Encounters With Aliens On This Day November 8 [...] 1954 - In the Vacheresse Forest in Voussac, France a number of reliable persons reported seeing a luminous sphere land at the edge of the forest and then become dark. The next morning, an investigation disclosed that an area 4 or 5 meters in diameter had no leaves, while the ground elsewhere was covered with them. The earth seemed to have been dug up. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 243). |
[Ref. jb1:] JEROME BEAU:
Jérôme Beau indicates that on Monday, November 8, 1954, to 18:00 in Voussac in France, forest of Vacheresse, people worthy of faith see a luminous sphere landing at the edge of the forest and becoming dark then. The next morning, an investigation discovers that inside a zone from 4 to 5 m in diameter there was no leaves whereas the ground is strewn with it everywhere else. The ground seems to be turned over.
[Ref. lc1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates that in the Allier in Voussac on November 8, 1954 at 18:00 hours, whereas several people walked at the the edge of the forest of Vacheresse, they saw descending from the clouds a luminous sphere that landed at the edge of the meadows. It then became dark. The careful witnesses did not approach and preferred to turn away. They alerted the gendarmerie when they were back. The gendarmes discovered an area from 4 to 5 meters in diameter where all the dead leaved had been puffed away whereas around, they had not moved.
The source is indicated as "Ovni, Premier dossier complet... par Figuet M./ Ruchon J.L. ** éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979."
[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
A case file on this website indicates that on 8 November 1954 at 18:00 in Voussac, France, a luminous sphere landed at the edge of a forest and became dark. 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 four or five meters in diameter had no leaves, while the ground elsewhere was covered with them. The earth seemed to have been dug up. One saucer, about 20 feet across, was observed by more than two witnesses in a forest.
The sources are indicated as Bowen, Charles, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, FSR, London, 1966; Vallee, Jacques, A Century of Landings (N = 923), (in JVallee04), Chicago, 1969; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Phillips, Ted R., Ted Phillips investigation files; Phillips, Ted R., Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, CUFOS, Chicago, 1975; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.
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(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Voussac, Allier, multiple, forest, wood, meadows, Doulouvre, Vacheresse, landing, luminous, dark, gendarmerie, trace, circular, ground
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