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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at ufologie@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

NOVEMBER 14, 1954, SAINT-MAUDAN, COTES-D'ARMOR, FRANCE, DANIELE PONNER:

BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENT AND FOLLOW-UP:

Ufologist and author Jean Sider discovered this case of November 18, 1954 at 6 o'clock in the morning by an article of the newspaper "Le Courier Indépendant", of Loudéac, on page 3 in the edition of November 27, 1954.

The article says that the young Danielle Ponner, aged 12, living at her parent's in Bomel was waken up by a sharp gleam Thursday morning of last week.

She saw, by the window, very close to the house, a kind of shining boat resting on the ground and, around the boat, two small hairy beings which seemed to collect apples.

Frightened, the young girl called her parents, but at once the light and the boat disappeared. The young girl seemed very categorical in her statements.

Jean Sider points out the ambiguity of the word "disappeared" and the coincidence that the disappearance occurs when the young girl calls her parents.

BASIC INFORMATION SUMMARY:

Case number: URECAT-000089
Date of event: November 14, 1954
Earliest report of event: November 27, 1954
Delay of report: 7 days
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Regional newspaper.
First certain record by: Ufology book.
First alleged record type: Regional newspaper.
First certain record type: Ufology book.
This file created on: January 15, 2007
This file last updated on: January 29, 2008
Country of event: France
State/Department: Côtes-d'Armor
Type of location: Outside seen from behind window
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: Uncertain
UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: 12
Witnesses types: Young Girl.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 2
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: Small
Entities outfit type: Hairs
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Not reported.
Entities eyes: Not reported.
Entities mouth: Not reported.
Entities nose: Not reported.
Entities feet: Not reported.
Entities arms: Not reported.
Entities fingers: Not reported.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Face or body of both hairy.
Entities voice: Not reported.
Entities actions: Were near UFO picking apples.
Entities/witness interactions: None.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went to get her parents.
Witness(es) feelings: Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Extraterrestrial beings or confusion.
Explanation certainty: None.

NARRATIVES:

[ln1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" MAGAZINE:

The magazine reproduces the text of the newspaper "Le Courrier Indépendant", of Loudéac, for November 27, 1954, page 3, indicated as the source.

The article indicates that young Danielle Ponner, 12 years old, living at her parents' in Bomel, in Saint-Maudan, was awaked by a sharp gleam, and then saw by the window, very close to the house, a kind of shining or sparkling "boat", and around this "boat", two small hairy being which seemed to be busy collecting apples.

She was frightened and called her parents, but "at once, the light and the boat disappeared."

The newspaper noted that the little girl was very affirmative in her statements.

[js1:] JEAN SIDER:

Ufologist and author Jean Sider discovered this case of November 18, 1954 at 6 o'clock in the morning by an article of the newspaper "Le Courier Indépendant", of Loudéac, on page 3 in the edition of November 27, 1954.

The article says that the young Danielle Ponner, aged 12, living at her parent's in Bomel was waken up by a sharp gleam Thursday morning of last week.

She saw, by the window, very close to the house, a kind of shining boat resting on the ground and, around the boat, two small hairy beings which seemed to collect apples.

Frightened, the young girl called her parents, but at once the light and the boat disappeared. The young girl seemed very categorical in her statements.

Jean Sider points out the ambiguity of the word "disappeared" and the coincidence that the disappearance occurs when the young girl calls her parents.

[ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

228.

Location. St Maudan France

Date: November 14 1954

Time: 0600A

A 12-year old girl sees a luminous boat shaped craft land on a nearby field. Three hairy humanoids emerged from the object and began to gather apples from a nearby orchard. No other information.

HC addition # 2399

Source: LDLN # 325

Type: B

[Ref. ed1:] EMMANUEL DEHLINGER:

This author defends the thesis that UFOs are caused by military personal using waves and other devices to make believe in the existence of aliens by misleading in the witnesses. He studies as example of the thesis this case, indicating that in Bomel in Saint-Maudan in the Côte d'Armor on November 18, 1954 at 06:00, a luminous boat and two small hairy beings pretence to collect apples were seen, with a disappearance on the spot. He suggests that it can be a "luminous projection?"

He indicates as source LDLN #325 page 36.

[Ref. bo1:] BASE OVNI FRANCE:

The web site indicates that in St Maudan in the Côtes d'Armor, on November 18, 1954, at 06:00, at the location Bomel, a girl sees by the window very close to the house a kind of shining boat on the ground. Around it two small hairy beings seem to be collecting apples. The child calls her parents, but all had disappeared when they come.

The indicated source is Lumières dans la Nuit.

POINTS TO CONSIDER:

In addition of the points noted by Jean Sider, it should be noted that the single witness is a young girl, 12 years old, and the story is a quotation of a newspaper article. No investigation seems to have been carried out, and the case is of little strangeness. A confusion with people picking up apples at some light cannot be excluded.

LIST OF ISSUES:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe January 18, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing the article in the newspaper Le Courier Indépendant, of Loudéac, page 3, November 27, 1954. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe January 18, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No ufology investigation known to have been conducted. Help needed. Opened.

EVALUATION:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion. Insufficient data.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

DOCUMENT HISTORY:

Authoring

Main Author: Patrick Gross
Contributors: One source provided by reader, anonymity preserved by default.
Reviewers: None
Editor: Patrick Gross

Document history

Version: Created/Changed By: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross January 18, 2007 Creation, [ar1], [js1].
0.2 Patrick Gross January 18, 2007 First published.
0.2b Patrick Gross May 19, 2007 Addition, [ed1], [bo1].
1.0 Patrick Gross January 15, 2008 Addition, [ln1]. Conversion from HTML4 to XHTML Strict.
1.0b Patrick Gross January 29, 2008 Addition of publication date for the reference of [ln1]: "January/February 1994".

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