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OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER 1954, TAIN-L'HERMITAGE, DROME:

Reference number for this case: Oct-Nov-54-Tain-l'Hermitage. Thank you for including this reference number in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

REPORTS:

[Ref. mc1:] MICHEL CARROUGES:

Michel Carrouges indicates that an AFP news release for November 4, 1954, mentions a confusion in Train-l'Hermitage, in the Drôme: in the darkness, a vine grower had seen a silhouette which appeared "extraordinary" to him. He told himself "that's a Martian", and with a stick, he mercilessly struck the pseudo Martian who was Mr. N.. Mr N. had to call upon a doctor for his ear was torn.

[Ref. dc1:] DOMINIQUE CAUDRON:

In Tain-l'Hermitage (Drôme), a vinegrower struck until he took of the ear another "Martian" who was also only one of his neighbors.

EXPLANATIONS:

Confusion, known as such at the time.

KEYWORDS:

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

Tain-l'Ermitage, Drôme, martian, darkness, humanoid, confusion

REFERENCES:

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

[---] News release by Agence France Presse (AFP), France, November 4, 1954.
[mc1] "Les Apparitions de Martiens", book by Michel Carrouges (aka Louis Couturier), Fayard publisher, France, page 162, 1963.
[dc1] "Les Amis des Visiteurs de l'Espace", web page by Dominique Caudron, perso.wanadoo.fr/oncle.dom/paranormal/ovni/cas/ummo/amis/amis.htm, France, 2004.

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