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Reference number for this case: 7-oct-54-Beruges. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
[Ref. 654:] AIME MICHEL:
Aimé Michel indicates that on October 7, 1954, Edouard Thébault, aged 36, farmer in Béruges in the department of Vienne, woke up to go to work. The ceiling of his room was strangely illuminated. He moved towards the window, threw a glance outside and saw a luminous machine of two or three meters in diameter posed on the road within a few meters of the house.
Mr. Thébault contemplated a few seconds in amazement this strange visitor, then turned the light on. At the same time, a "huge projector ignites on the machine and sweeps the surroundings."
Mr. Thébault run to wake his father up, but when they returned together there was nothing any more.
Aimé Michel notes that the observation is not very interesting per se and that it is by its conjunction with other observations at this date that it may become important.
[Ref. 105:] JACQUES VALLEE:
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205 Oct. 07, 1954, 04:00 A.M., Beruges (France). A farmer, Mr. Thebault, saw a luminous object, 2 or 3 m in diameter, emitting a beam of light which swept the countryside. (41; M 142) (France-Soir, 10 Oct. 1954). |
[Ref. 152:] JACQUES VALLEE:
The author indicates that on October 7, 1954, in Béruges close to Poitiers in the Vienne, a farmer, Mr. Thébault, saw a luminous object on the ground, which was circular, of approximately 3 meters in diameter, and emitted a ray of light which swept the landscape.
[Ref. 198:] CHARLES GARREAU AND RAYMOND LAVIER:
The two authors indicate that in Beruges in the Vienne, on October 7, 1954, towards 04:15, according to newspaper clipings and their personal files, Edouard Thibaut, a 31 year old farmer, whose farm is at "La Montagne", on the territory of the commune of Beruges, is awaked by a strong gleam, and he would report:
"Seeing the illuminated sky, I believed in a fire, or a beautiful moonlight. But I remembered that the moon had set about midnight. I stood up to go to my window. I then discovered, at 40 meters, an illuminated object which went down. It had approximately the shape of a large mushroom. A few seconds later, the machine landed on the road and died out. Then an enormous headlight, which seemed to me to be fitted with antennas on its circumference, swept the surroundings. I ran away to awake my father. When we came back, it was all gone."
[Ref. 223] MICHEL FIGUET AND JEAN-LOUIS RUCHON:
The two authors indicate that in Béruges in the Vienne on October 7, 1954, at 04:15 in the morning, the witness who slept is awaked by an intense heat.
"Seeing the sky illuminated, I believed in a fire or a beautiful moonlight, but I remembered that the Moon was set out since midnight. I stood up, and, from my window, I could see an enormous luminous mushroom which went down towards the ground at forty meters of my farm. The luminous shape landed on the road and turned off. Then an enormous headlight which seemed to me to be equipped with antennas on its circumference swept the surroundings."
The witness ran to awake his father, when they come at the window all had disappeared.
[Ref. 312] GERARD BARTHEL AND JACQUES BRUCKER:
The two authors note this case of October 7, 1954:
"Beruges - 86 - 4 h 15 - uncertain date: the witness homself admits that he could have confused [sic]."
[Ref. 1602:] FABRICE BONVIN:
Fabrice Bonvin notes:
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Case #018: 07/10/1954, p. 129 (Béruges) |
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Béruges, Vienne, Edouard Thébault, object, luminous, ray, light, night, antennas
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