Journalists from Le Courrier de l'Est, a regional newspaper, told about an encounter which occurred to Mrs. Besnier, a farm woman in her sixties, at her a farm of Le Petit Cotillon, Blaison, the Maine-and-Loire, France, on November 20, 1954, in the middle of the afternoon around 03:00 p.m. and no later than 03:30 p.m.
After fetching onions and some cloves of garlic in her attic she was at the bottom of the stone staircase which she had just walked down, When she saw a circular object of the size of a "respectable round table" in the farm yard. She had difficulties finding the words to describe the material it was made of, saying that she can't tell if it Was it made of wood, or aluminum or anything else.
Then, at the time when she descended the last step, a small "mannequin" of the child-size rushed onto her and took the onions which she held in a side of her apron, and she also saw an unspecified of other such beings in the court. They had a human appearance but their skin was yellow and they had small, black and piercing eyes. They were dressed with a brown costume which entirely wrapped them, with some kind of back pack, "as some sort of small sulfate sprayer which they had on the back", and on their mouth, a kind of pipe was fixed; which came from a sort of hood.
As the being rushed at her and took her onions, and as she saw the other beings, she fell on her back and hurt herself, so that she could not see them go up in their saucer; but after she stood up again and looked up in the sky, she saw, very high "a brilliant star" which sprang in the air.
The journalist or journalists indicate that they met Mrs. Besnier and asked her for some specifics about her testimony. She answered Without any hesitation. They noted that she is a quiet woman who is afraid of nothing and had heard of flying saucer only by bits of conversations.
The journalist or journalists indicate that the neighbors, and the mayor of Blaison, whom they asked for their opinion, were unanimous in stating that as Mrs. Besnier is a calm woman who "never made any fuss", and that the story was not invented.
After the encounter, Mrs. Besnier did not eat during 48 hours, and "trembling, stiff with cold and seizure", remained confined to bed some time.
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[Ref. nb1:] LES NOUVELLES DE BRETAGNE ET DU MAINE:
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"Martians" in Anjou!In broad daylight, they took
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[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:
The French ufologist Jean Sider is the researcher who found out about this case in the regional press. He gives a summary in his book "Le dossier 1954 et l'imposture rationaliste," sticking to the source.
[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
Albert Rosales indicates that in Blaison, Maine Et Loire, France, on November 20, 1954, at 03:00 p.m., a Mrs. Besnier was returning from fetching onions and some garlic cloves in her attic at the bottom of the stone staircase and as she walked out of the attic she saw a circular metallic object apparently on the ground in her courtyard. It appeared to be made out of aluminum.
As she descended the last step, a small figure the size of a child rushed onto her and took the onions, which she held in a side of her apron. Other humanoids now became visible. The humanoids were human in appearance and were totally wrapped in a brown custom. On their mouths they carried a kind of pipe that connected into a sort of hood and apparatus attached to their backs. Their skin was yellow and they had small black piercing eyes. The witness ran and apparently did not see the humanoids return to their "saucer". Mrs. Besnier did not eat for 48 hours after the incident and remained confined to bed for some time.
Albert Rosales indicates LDLN #325 as source.
[Ref. ed1:] EMMANUEL DEHLINGER:
The author indicates that in Le Petit-Cotillon, in Blaison in the Maine-et-Loire, on November 20, 1954, an object in the shape of a mushroom and two small dressed up mannequins of 1.10 meters appeared, and the farm woman who witnessed it was paralyzed. One of the beings took the onions that she held in the hand and she lost the notion of time, which evokes for the author a period of "missing time". When she becomes conscious again, she observed a luminous point with a trail in the sky, and she felt a faintness during 48 hour. The author adds that the investigation seems to make it possible to exclude the idea of a hoax and that similar cases in Italy exclude an hallucination, and thus, it was the military who secretly shot at the witness with microwaves or maser rays to make her have these hallucinations. The author does not indicate sources.
It is unfortunate that no record seems to exist of the numerous questions asked by the journalists to the witness, with apparently only parts having been published in their newspaper.
| Id | Topic | Severity | Date noted | Raised by | Noted by | Description | Proposal | Status |
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| 1 | Ufology | Severe | November 26, 2006 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | There is no available investigation report. | Help needed. | Open. |
| 2 | Data | Severe | November 26, 2006 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Missing primary source Le Courier de l'Ouest for November 24, 1954. | Help needed. | Open. |
Extraterrestrial visitors.
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
| Main Author | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors | None |
| Reviewers | None |
| Editor | Patrick Gross |
| Version | Created/Changed By | Date | Change Description |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | November 26, 2006 | Creation, [nb1], [si1], [ar1], [ed1] |
| 0.2 | Patrick Gross | November 26, 2006 | First published |
