URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog
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SEPTEMBER 17, 1954, OMONT, ARDENNES, FRANCE, PIERRE DELVENNE:
BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENT AND FOLLOW-UP:
One Pierre Delvenne of Omont had told friends that he saw a metallic spinning top
of 4 meters diameter and 2,5 meters in height come down from the clouds,
from which a being with a hairy face came out and went to
four legs, then returned in the object which flew away.
A journalist at the time had realized that Mr. Delvenne was a prankster
who had invented the story.
BASIC INFORMATION SUMMARY:
Case number: URECAT-000039
| Date of event: September 17, 1954
| Earliest report of event: September 23, 1954
| Delay of report: Days
| Witness reported via: Newspaper.
| First alleged record by: Newspaper
| First certain record by: Regional newspaper L'Ardennais.
| First alleged record type: Newspaper
| First certain record type: Regional newspaper
| This file created on: September 30, 2006
| This file last updated on: September 30, 2006
| Country of event: France
| State/Department: Ardennes
| Type of location: Not known.
| Lighting conditions: Early, daylight
| UFO observed: Yes
| UFO arrival observed: Yes
| UFO departure observed: Yes
| UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
| Witnesses numbers: 1
| Witnesses ages: Not known.
| Witnesses types: Not known.
| Photograph(s): No.
| Witnesses drawing: No.
| Witnesses-approved drawing: | No.
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Number of entities: 1
| Type of entities: Not precise
| Entities height: Small
| Entities outfit type: Not reported
| Entities outfit color: Not reported.
| Entities skin color: Not reported.
| Entities body: Not reported.
| Entities head: Hairy.
| Entities eyes: Not reported.
| Entities mouth: Not reported.
| Entities nose: Not reported.
| Entities feet: Maybe four.
| Entities arms: May be feet.
| Entities fingers: Not reported.
| Entities fingers number: Not reported.
| Entities hair: Hairy face.
| Entities voice: Not reported.
| Entities actions: Came out of UFO, went back in, departure.
| Entities/witness interactions: None.
| Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went.
| Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
| Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
| Explanation category: Prank.
| Explanation certainty: | High.
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NARRATIVES:
[Ref. bb1:] GERARD BARTHEL ET JACQUES BRUCKER:
According these two French ufologists, a person named
Pierre Delvenne who was a happy chap invented a flying saucer
sighting of September 17, 1954, in Olmont.
They write: "We could have never known when we tried to obtain details
on this kind of observations, what was prompting our iterlocutors' giggles..."
[Ref. js1] JEAN SIDER:
French ufologist and author Jean Sider learned in an article from the
newspaper L'Ardennais of september 23, 1954, page 2, that Mr. Devenne,
the prankster, told stupidities to the newspaperman who came
to interview him.
[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
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68.
Location. Omont France
Date: September 17 1954
Time: 0830A
M Delvenne told 2 friends that he saw a metallic top 4 meters in diameter and 2.5
meters high descend from the clouds; a being emerged who had a hairy face and walked
on all fours. It quickly re-entered the object and flew away.
Humcat 1954-49
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B
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POINTS TO CONSIDER:
There we have a case of "hairy alien", of those supposed to
demonstrate certain "paranormal" theories on UFOs seen as a "festival of absurdities",
which this time again is only a quite ordinary hoax.
LIST OF ISSUES:
| Id
| Topic
| Severity
| Date noted
| Raised by
| Noted by
| Description
| Proposal
| Status
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| 1 | Data | Low | September 30, 2006 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Missing the article in the regional newspaper L'Ardennais, page 2, for September 23, 1954 | Help needed. | Opened.
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EVALUATION:
Prank.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
- [---] ? Article in the regional newspaper L'Ardennais, page 2, September 23, 1954.
- [bb1] * "La Grande Peur Martienne", book by Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker, Nouvelles Editions Rationalistes publisher, Paris, pp. 76-77, 1979.
- [js1] * "Le Dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste", book by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, page 64, 1997.
- [ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Sightings Catalog", compiled by Alberto Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml.
DOCUMENT HISTORY:
Authoring
| Main Author | Patrick Gross
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| Contributors | None
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| Reviewers | None
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| Editor | Patrick Gross
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Document history
| Version
| Created/Changed By
| Date
| Change Description
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| 0.1
| Patrick Gross
| September 30, 2006
| Creation, [bb1], [js1], [ar1]
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| 0.2
| Patrick Gross
| September 30, 2006
| First published
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