1954 HUMANOID SIGHTING REPORTSCompiled byAlbert Rosalesgaruda79@att.net

1954 Humanoid Reports. Focus in France. The unprecedented and until possibly 1973, unduplicated wave of humanoid reports took place throughout France and some parts of Italy. Other reports came in from England, US, Germany, Canada & other European countries but at a much lesser extent. Towards the end of the year the focus seemed to shift to Venezuela & Brazil. Whatever the case it was indeed a memorable year. Following is a list of known Humanoid reports for the year 1954.

1.
Location. Near Cincinnati Ohio
Date: 1954
Time: unknown
A reported landing of a silvery disc from which a tall human like occupant resembling the “Adamski” type beings, with long blond hair and wearing a sky blue coverall emerged. He reportedly walked to a nearby stream and obtained some water; he then went back into the object and took off. No other information.

HC addition # 1008
Source: Michael D Swords, IUR Vol. 18 # 5, quoting
Hunt-Williamson Files
Type: B

2.
Location. Tenterden Kent England
Date: 1954
Time: unknown
The witness was alone in her house when she encountered, standing in the passage on the landing in front of her, a man over six-foot tall. He wore a metallic blue siren type suit that was glimmering. She stood looking at the entity and he looked at her without a word being spoken. The entity had a very high forehead, a slit for a mouth, large eyes, and high cheekbones. He also had a large pointed chin and his eyes were deep blue in color. He wore a very tight fitting helmet made out of a translucent material; his skin appeared to be pink. After a brief moment he suddenly vanished in plain sight.

HC addition # 412
Source: Norman Oliver, UFO Magazine Vol. 11 # 5.
Type: E

3.
Location. Nord (Northern) France (exact location not given)
Date: 1954
Time: unknown
An anonymous witness reported seeing a disc-shaped object land and a small man come out of it. He was entirely covered in a dark tight-fitting diving suit, which did not allow distinguishing none of his features. The little man then communicated in French with the witness saying the following absurd sentences:
“Intelligence is prohibited to the constipated and cancer comes from a tooth ache” The little man then walked back into the disc, which then took off and disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: Eric Zurcher quoting Aime Michel
Type: B

4.
Location. Near Minyushino, Yaroslavl region, Russia
Date: 1954
Time: unknown
A local resident reported seeing a flying object shaped like a “box or basket” flying towards the village of Staroye Merzleyevo. The object flew at a low altitude and emitted a muffled humming sound. The object then touched and tree and landed and two strange “men” of unusual appearance then exited the object. Both men seemed occupied in performing several tasks around the environs. After a few moments the two strangers returned to the object which then lifted up again and flew away. Local villagers, though simple people, noticed that the strange device was neither an airplane or a helicopter or an air balloon with basket, it was something they had heard or seen before.

HC addendum
Source: Vadim A. Chernobrov “Encyclopedia of UFO visits” Moscow 2008 quoting Valeriy Kukushkin Type: B

5.
Location. Near Rushden England
Date: 1954
Time: afternoon
An eight-year old boy was digging in his garden when he saw a strange oval shaped “cloud” and heard a voice giving him instructions. Apparently he has been involved in other encounters. No other information.

HC addition # 3884
Source: Northamponshire UFO Research Club
Type: F

6.
Location. Queensland Australia, exact location not given
Date: 1954
Time: afternoon
In an isolated farm area a man named Harry saw a being step out from behind a tree. The being wore a maroon tight fitting body suit with a broad belt. The entity was described as tall with long golden hair. No other information.

HC addition # 2671
Source: Keith Basterfield
Type: E

7.
Location. South Pasadena California
Date: 1954
Time: afternoon
The witness was out cutting wood in his yard when he saw a disc shaped object descend and hover about 20 feet from the ground. Three man-like figures descended to the ground by means of a ladder. The men approached the witness and attempted to communicate by using sign language. The witness reported that the three men apparently did not have any mouths, or were wearing some type of half faceplate or mask.

HC addition # 1861
Source: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues
Other Flesh
Type: B

8.
Location. Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
Date: 1954
Time: afternoon
A 14-year old boy, Giuseppe Gabriele was exploring the island on his motor scooter and was rounding a bend on the path when he saw four small human-like figures standing next to a landed disc-shaped craft, afraid, he rode away from the area and did not investigate.

HC addendum
Source: Antonio Blanco “Catalogo degli avvistamenti della Regione Sicilia”
Type: C

9.
Location. Bankstown New South Wales Australia
Date: 1954
Time: just after dark
Two persons working late at the local airport observed what resembled a disc shaped object hovering above the control tower. Several lighted portholes could be seen and dark figures could be seen moving inside. The object changed colors then shot up into the air at great speed.

HC addition # 1302
Source: Keith Basterfield
Type: A

10.
Location. Chelsea England
Date: 1954
Time: evening
Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley reported that a certain General Martin invited him to the apartment of a Mrs Markham. There he met an apparent extraterrestrial of humanoid appearance, pale, with penetrating eyes and not totally human, which called himself “Mr. Janus.” Fixing the Marshal with a steely gaze, the “alien” talked for hours about traveling in space and time. On a return visit, Horsley found the apartment empty.

HC addition # 3023
Source: UFO-Mind
Type: E

11.
Location. Near Madras, India
Date: 1954
Time: evening
In a small village a disc-shaped object was seen landing on a field. Several human-like occupants exited the object and they approached a local woman and communicated with her and also walked to nearby several homes and communicated with its occupants. No other information.

HC addendum
Source: Denys Breysse Project Becassine
Type: E

12.
Location. Wright City, Missouri
Date: 1954
Time: evening
The witnesses were driving home on a gravel road heading east when one of them looked out the window and noticed something flying over them and observing them. It was just high enough that the driver could not see it. The witness could see human-like persons walking around inside the object which was lit up. They wore some type of uniform like clothing. There was no sound or exterior lights and the object was going roughly the same speed of that of the car. The car drove for about a mile or two and then turned left into an area that had a lot of trees and lost sight of the object.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.uforc.com/ufo_reports/
Type: A

13.
Location. Near Terra Alta West Virginia
Date: 1954
Time: night
The young witness was coming back from a visit to the outhouse when the family dog began whining and looking up to a nearby hill. The witness looked up and saw a large flat object with three yellow-lighted windows, hovering low above the hill. The object was emitting a humming noise. Suddenly a human face appeared on one of the windows and apparently looked at the witness. The object then moved slowly away and disappeared over the hill.

HC addition # 1953
Source: Bob Teets, West Virginia UFOs, Close
Encounters in the Mountain State
Type: A

14.
Location. Near Lancaster New York
Date: 1954
Time: night
A couple living in a farm had been seeing mysterious maneuvering lights over the area for several nights in a row, then one night as they were watching television in their living room a foggy white beam of light shot through one of the windows. They then noticed, looking in the window the face of a man who appeared to be of a dark complexion. He was estimated to have been only about four-foot tall, judging by the height of the window. The beam of light seemed to emanate from the entity’s face. The witnesses approached the window several times but each time they did the face would disappear.

HC addition # 1864
Source: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues
Other Flesh
Type: E

15.
Location. Saratov region, Russia
Date: 1954
Time: unknown
Several (at least 2) UFOs were detected visually and on radars by the Soviet military. Objects flew over the secret missile and radar sites located in Saratov and Volgograd regions near the river Volga and towards the launch missile positions of “Kapustin Yar” state central test range # 4, one of the first Soviet missile test ranges. According to military opinion “the flight appeared to be for reconnaissance purposes”. Three or four Mig-15 aircraft were immediately scrambled from Volsk airbase NE of Saratov with orders to force the UFOs to land. After several aggressive attempts to compel the UFOs to land, the Migs opened fire. Immediately after that the radio communication with the all the Migs was interrupted and the Migs did not return to their base. A search and rescue operation brought no results—no wreckage was found. The pilots were reported missing. Apparently the Migs were either totally destroyed or abducted by the UFOs. A state commission was created to investigate the case. A member of the commission, a Mr. Popov emphasized the similarity between the incident near Moscow in 1938 and this new case. A classified report was submitted to the special military Soviet archive on UFOs which was created in 1955 almost a year after the incident. The Soviet Ministry of Defense kept a special archive on UFOs inside an underground bunker in a military garrison named Beryezovka-2 on Krasnyi Kut range in the Saratov region. The archive existed from 1955 to 1991. The archive was reportedly destroyed by orders from Moscow in 1991.

HC addendum
Source: Egveniy Valmer, retired officer in “Fourth Dimension and NLO”
# 5 1999 and Victor A. Zdorov
Type: G?

16.
Location. Osceola, Iowa
Date: 1954
Time: 2330
Michael Kelly, a young pre-school child at the time remembered finding himself one late evening surrounded by “boy-scouts” escorting him to a field near his home. They were about his size in height and were wearing some kind of uniform. The witness still thinking they were “scouts” asked the little men why were they not wearing hats or caps and one of them responded that they didn’t wear hats. Once in the field he found himself in a circle of beaming lights that appeared solid in nature. He looked directly above him and saw a large disc-shaped object hovering silently overhead. The object had colorful lights on its outer rim. He asked the “scouts” what the object was and they told him it was a “helicopter”. He answered that it didn’t look like a helicopter and after that his mind went blank. The witness has been possibly involved in other strange events.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.etcontact.net/newsite
Type: C or G?

17.
Location. Near March Field California
Date: early 1954
Time: unknown
Several witnesses were passing by the airfield in a vehicle when they observed a shiny disc shaped craft resting on the ground. In order to get a closer look they exited their vehicle and approached the object. The craft was smooth and silvery and there appeared to be no one around the object. The witnesses then decided to get even closer to the object when suddenly a man appeared and stepped in front of them. He raised his arm and threw what appeared to be a fireball at them. The fireball passed by them and struck their vehicle. The witnesses immediately fled the area, driving to the nearest police station. The being was described as tall, man like and wearing some sort of half mask on his face, apparently metallic. The fireball reportedly dented the side of the vehicle and burned the paint.

HC addition # 1860
Source: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues
Other Flesh
Type: C

18.
Location. Near Acapulco Mexico
Date: January 1954
Time: 0200A
While driving the winding roads that separate Mexico City from Acapulco, Armando Zurbaran only concern was arriving at the Pacific port city before sunrise, in order to meet a business partner. At some point during the drive, he was overcome by an almost hypnotic state of lethargy, which caused him to pull over. Not far ahead on the road, he was able to see a number of men clad in overalls with wide belts gathered around a strange, brilliantly lit object. Before he realized, and having no idea how it happened, he was walking toward the object, escorted by the longhaired men. A slight buzzing sound filled his ears as he entered the saucer. Zurbaran was going down in history as his country’s first Contactee (how about Salvador Villanueva in 1953?) and this was his first question to the ship’s captain, “Why had he been chose for this honor?” “You are neither the first nor last earthman to be chosen for testing” his host replied. “Our task, slow though it may seem, is designed to persuade. We choose the likeliest, most malleable persons for contact, so that they might better transmit our messages.” Zurbaran was then treated to a review of the smallest details of his life on a screen within the vehicle’s wall and a tour of the ship’s interior, guided by one of the fair, longhaired crewmen (reminiscent of Adamski’s visitors) who answered each of the puzzled human’s questions in detail. The space travelers, he learned, employed a gravity repulsion system to cover the distance between their home world and Earth, scanning the space ahead of them with a radar-like device to dispel any objects that may lie in their path. Unlike other contactee stories of the time, Zurbaran’s visitors did not claim to originate from any planet in the Solar System, nor did they mention their planet of origin by name. The craft, he learned, had taken off while he was unaware and was now in space. Zurbaran peeked out a porthole, hoping for a glimpse of the world seen from above, but could only see a grayish mist until at a distance of 40,000 km, the ship’s captain pointed out the planet to him through another porthole. Excited by the vista, the human asked the captain if he could perhaps be taken to visit their world, but his request was turned down. He was told that perhaps someday such an invitation would be tendered, at the right moment. Zurbaran was able to sleep a normal sleep and eat with the UFO’s crew. His description of taking a shower in space is particularly memorable, “I shall never be able to forget it. That bathroom was a new and unimaginable experience for me. Standing upright, facing an angle of the wall filled with tiny holes, I was covered in warm air, and as it grew stronger, it became transformed into damp air, impregnating my skin like a warm, wet breeze. When I was completely drenched, I was offered a sort of liquid soap, which I rubbed all over myself, from head to toe. Standing once more before the warm air sprinklers, I felt the soap begin to evaporate and my skin become completely clean. The air then ceased to be damp, turning dry and warm instead…becoming colder until agreeably cool.” Breakfast in orbit around the planet consisted of fruit juices tasting imperceptibly of mangoes or other tropical fruits. The ship’s captain advised him that to his people, milk was a principal source of nourishment, but that they did not get it from cows but from a mixture of terrestrial and marine plant life. Zurbaran ate grilled meat, butter and cheese in the vehicle’s mess-room. He was told that the provisions were transported aboard the craft via telepathy (?). Unknown to Zurbaran, thousands of miles away, in the Pyrenees between Spain and France, Jaime Bordas a resident of the village of Castell, was engaged in a strange experience with a six-foot tall, overall wearing humanoid with long blond hair. The otherworldly being would only drink milk as its sole nourishment. (1951). After the meal, the captain proceeded to regale Zurbaran with his world’s philosophy, religion and history, children and the elderly received special consideration, and there was equality between the occupations. The average life span was 250 years, and collaboration had replaced competition in the area of commerce…a utopia made possible by a being they termed, “The Master” or “Beloved Number Nine” who was at the heart of their religion, and who had ruled them for a span of three thousand earth years. The spaceship returned Zurbaran to his car by the roadside. Confused but excited by his experience, he continued the balance of his drive to Acapulco, learning upon his arrival that it had only taken him an hour and a half to complete a six-hour journey. He did not see the space-people who had befriended him and offered him hospitality again for 15 years, until one night in January 1969 near the outskirts of Mexico City; he gave a ride to a young hitchhiker who turned out to be one the crewmen aboard the UFO that night 15 years in the past.

HC addition # 1715
Source: Scott Corrales, Samizdat 1993 Year One
Type: G

19.
Location. Los Toldos, Salta, Argentina
Date: January 1954
Time: late night
25-year old Martin Antiman (now a local Indian “Cacique” ‘chieftain’) was in his room alone when he suddenly heard a very high pitched sound. At the same time a type of “magnetic” force somehow introduced him into a type cabin or “elevator” which had appeared in the room. Immediately after the cabin or elevator departed at fantastic speed and everything became very silent around him. The door suddenly opened and he stepped out finding himself in a sort of mountainous valley very desolate in appearance. He walked about 100 meters and saw several men carrying large bags on their shoulders. He yelled and whistled at the men in order to communicate with them, but these seemed to ignore him. He then heard a voice in his mind that told him that the men did not answered him because “they had no brains” and could not hear the voice of the “creator”. The voice then told him that he must tell all he could about this “vision”. Soon he was introduced inside the cabin or elevator like object. Moments later the door opened and he found himself back in his room. He never spoke to anyone about this incident for at least 20 years.

HC addendum
Source: www.visionovni.com.ar
Type: G?

20.
Location. Ostia, Rome, Italy
Date: January 14 1954
Time: 0130am
A young student, Miss E. D. Bonacini, was returning home with her boyfriend when both of them observed a rectangular red light in the sky. Looking at it again quickly, they saw that the light had changed its shape, becoming a kind of “upside down parachute” that was moving toward them. After 90 seconds, it was very close, nearly overhead, hovering at a height comparable with that of a three—or four story building. The object resembled a half sphere with a small protuberance in its lower section and a very bright area midsection, fading away toward its outer perimeter. The object was “as wide as the road,” i.e. approximately 18 meters in width. The two witnesses watched from a hidden position for about nine minutes. They had the feeling that “somebody” was observing them from inside of the object. Then, they decided to run away. As they an, they object tilted 45 degrees, attaining a vertical orientation and departing quickly in the direction of Fiumicino. The craft slowed down after some kilometers and became lost from view following another 90 seconds or so. As it departed, the object displayed all the colors of the rainbow.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type; F??

21.
Location. Peekskill New York
Date: February 1954
Time: unknown
Mr. & Mrs Forster stated they saw a craft on the ground, with a woman close by. She was wearing luminous clothing, a sort of hood, and thick glasses, and held a tube in one hand and a box in the other. Mrs Forster had to be taken to the hospital in a state of shock.

Humcat 1954-1
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

22.
Location. Lombez Gers France
Date: February 1954
Time: 1400
While pushing her son in a baby carriage across the bridge over the River Save, Mrs Jandot observed a motorcyclist staring into the sky. Going a few feet further, and seeing no change in his concentration at something above, she too looked upwards and, a short way off over a grove of poplars, just above the river; she saw a motionless, silent object of oval form and metallic appearance. A little cone at the rear ejected a white smoke; inside the object she was able to see two human heads, “heads like you and me.” She thought it was perhaps 4 meters across. The heads were seen presumably through transparent ports or windows, although this is not stated. After a short period of time, the object departed at a vertiginous speed in the direction of Toulouse. There were two other persons on or near the bridge that had also stopped to watch, and whom Mrs Jandot knew. Curiously, not one of the four witnesses acknowledged to any other having sighted such a strange spectacle; rather they all continued on their way as if nothing unusual had just occurred.

Humcat 1954-10
Source: D Lacanal, G Menu & G Romeo
LDLN # 176
Type: A

23.
Location. Terni, Italy
Date: February 1954
Time: 2330
An anonymous working man returning home on his scooter was attracted by a large white light, about 30 meters in width and about 200 meters away from the witness. He stopped the scooter and propped it up against a tree and decided to investigate what the light was. As he approached the light he noticed that it was a disc shaped craft with a large dome on the top. Suddenly an opening on the center part of the dome and a ladder was lowered to the ground. Two figures then descended to the ground. These were kind of hard to distinguish since the light from the object was still very bright. They seemed to be wearing tight fitting diver suits that covered their bodies except for the head. They stood around and appeared to converse amongst each other; soon they noticed the stunned witness and walked towards him. Paralyzed with fear the witness could not move and could only stare at the beings. He described them as about 1.40 meters in height, with large pear shaped heads, with large slanted eyes and pointed chins. Their outfits were luminous and very tight fitting, revealing parts of their anatomy, which was human-like. One of the beings then spoke in perfect Italian, telling the witness not to be afraid that they were friendly in nature and would not do him any harm. He then imparted an anti nuclear war message and one of peace. Moments later both figures climbed back inside the object. The witness then heard a loud whistling sound and the craft became white-blue and then bright red in color. It rose up vertically and disappeared at great speed into the sky. According to the witness at the site where the object had landed he found a scorched area of about 30 meters in circumference.

HC addendum
Source: ITACAT
Type: B

24.
Location. Mansfield, Massachusetts
Date: February 1954
Time: night
Bill Sheehan and four school-friends were sledding when they saw a bright star-like object approaching from the west. It grew closer until it was visible as a flying saucer with pulsating lights round its scalloped edge. The lights were alternating blue-green and red. The disc moved directly over the witnesses, who were huddled together on the ground. A blinding light enveloped them, causing a tingling sensation. Under hypnosis, Sheehan recalled communicating with the UFO entities, though he did not see them. About one hour of “missing time” was never accounted for.

HC addendum
Source: N.E. UFO Newsletter October 81
Type: G?

25.
Location. Malibu California
Date: February 8 1954
Time: pre-dawn
Wakened by a motor like sound, John Fante saw a 100-foot ball of luminous blue haze about 300 yards away. From it emerged small human figures “which made their way down an iridescent funnel from the crest of Pt Dume to the ocean.” Going to the cliff edge, he saw that this “conveyor belt—no more than 24” tall—entered the ship’s hold and emerged carrying bright cylindrical objects,” with which they returned to the ball.” There must have bee 5000 of these grotesque creatures.” Then the ball gave a muffled roar and rose, and the ship sailed away. At the site where the ball had rested, Fante found one of the silvery cylinders. Breaking it open, he found in it 2 lb of coffee.

Humcat 1954-2
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B

26.
Location. Lossiemouth Scotland
Date: February 18 1954
Time: 1530
Walking along the coast near Lossiemouth, Cedric Allingham heard a swishing sound, and looking up, saw through binoculars a flying saucer only slightly different from Adamski’s. 3 hours later he heard and saw it again, coming in for a landing 50 yards away. “The whole metallic body, seemed to glow faintly,” but was not translucent; it was 50 ft wide and 20 ft high, resembling polished aluminum. A 6 ft man with a deep tan skin and a high forehead got out. His garment covered him from neck to toes—he wore no shoes. In each nostril was a tiny tube. When Allingham drew planetary orbits, he nodded when Mars was pointed out, and repeated “Mars.” In further exchanges he verified Allingham’s suggestions that the Martian canals consist of a central string of water surrounded by vegetation. Allingham touched and photographed the saucer and also photographed the pilot, from a side rear angle; these photos are reproduced in his book. A slight humming marked the take off of the saucer. The interview had lasted ½ hour.

Humcat 1954-3
Source: Cedric Allingham, Flying saucers From Mars
Type: B

27.
Location. Edwards Air Force Base near Los Angeles, California
Date: February 20 1954
Time: late evening
The 34th US president, Mr. Dwight David Eisenhower was flown to Palm Springs where he dropped his wife off. His press secretary told the world that he was on a golf vacation. The president had a press conference scheduled for that day but never showed up for it. There were rumors that he was ill. The official explanation was that he had a toothache and needed to see a dentist. Newsmen, however, were never able to learn which dentist treated him. Instead he was flown by helicopter to Edwards AFB. There, the preliminary arranged meeting with representatives of an alien civilization was organized. The president was brought in, along with several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, MAJESTIC-12, several members of the National Security Council and a representative from Rockefeller’s office, plus a representative from the Rothschild’s and some scientists. Five alien spacecrafts had landed. 3 saucer-shaped and 2 were cigar shaped. Three UFOs landed on the runway close to the hangars. Aliens went out of the crafts, and negotiations were being conducted. The aliens were of the typical Nordic type, with flaxen long golden hair and pale blue eyes. Negotiations were inside isolated and very guarded hangars of the base. One of the witnesses an anonymous U S test pilot who told British Lord Clancarty about the case, informed that the aliens spoke English and wanted Eisenhower to start an education program for the people of the United States, and eventually the Earth. Eisenhower replied that he didn’t think the world was ready for that. The president said that his concern was that a worldwide announcement that aliens had landed would likely cause panic and collapse of all political, economic and religious institutions. The aliens agreed with that opinion, saying that they would continue to contact isolated individuals until the people of earth got used to the idea of their presence. The aliens also demanded from the US Government to get of rid of nuclear weapons and were proposing other advance technology in exchange for that, but this alien proposition was taken with high suspicion and was rejected. While Eisenhower viewed the UFO 2 individuals were able to tip it upside down. The UFO was a smooth disk about 30 ft in diameter. Everyone stood back and the strangest phenomenon on record of the base occurred. The UFO dematerialized (or became invisible) right in front of their eyes. Everything was filmed. Then it materialized again. This possibly was the direct cause of Mr. Eisenhower’s first heart attack. There is apparently independent confirmation of this supposed meeting.

HC addendum
Source: The Ultimate Deception by Commander “X”, Anton Anfalov
Type: B

28.
Location. Norco California
Date: Spring 1954
Time: unknown
Mrs J. and her daughter went outside to investigate a metallic droning sound, and saw an object passing overhead at low altitude, at 5 mph or less. It came to a stop, the noise subsiding, over a tree only 15 ft away. It was aluminum colored & resembled a rowboat, bout 20 ft long & 10 ft wide; on top was a transparent dome. Inside this dome 5 seated men were visible facing the witnesses. They had “rather long faces,” dark eyes & hair, and dull olive complexions, and wore neutral colored uniforms & helmets. They stared at the witnesses; one in particular gave Mrs J the impression of “a cold scientific mind dissecting me.” These men looked at them for a full minute, and then leant back in their seats; the drone began again and the object moved off toward the NE at about 35 mph.

Humcat 1954-8
Source: Donald B Hanlon, FSR
Type: A

29.
Location. Cote D’Azur, Provence France
Date: Spring 1954
Time: 0240A
Monsieur B was walking home when he came upon a brightly luminous object standing on or hovering over the ground, only 10 meters away; a discoidal craft 5 meters in diameter, the upper part more curved, and with a small dome. Beside it stood a slender man 5”2’ tall, wearing a luminous tight fitting one piece suit including the head. When he turned toward Mr. B he was seen to have a veil in front of his face. He spoke some words to a second being, shorter 4’9” and with a larger head, who wore a similar garb. On his abdomen this 2nd entity wore a sort of flashlight, from which a beam of white light was turned on B, paralyzing him. Then this 2nd entity raised his veil, revealing a grin on his face that exposed all his teeth. His forehead was high, the chin & nose pronounced, the lips very thin, and the complexion dark. The eyes were white, showing no iris or pupil, and exuded a large brown tear. The being made beckoning gestures; then both walked to the craft, got onto it, and vanished into it. B heard a metallic noise, and then lost consciousness. When he came to himself, the machine was 10 meters above the ground, 50-70 meters away, and was spinning, making a faint noise. Its shape now differed, showing 2 illuminated portholes on a bulge. There was an “indefinable” smell. After a bright flash of light, the object became gold-colored; it rose in a spiral, the moved off leaving a trail of sparks. The next day B found flattened greenery at the site.

Humcat 1954-9
Source: J Chasseigne, FSR Vol. 21 # 2.
Type: B

30.
Location. Mattydale, New York
Date: Spring 1954
Time: 0300A
In this suburb of Syracuse on a Sunday, an information specialist and his wife saw a 20-foot wide disc-shaped object being examined on the ground by several men who were taking pictures. The craft had flashing and rotating multi-colored lights on top. The next day an officer told them the event was a military secret. Later police denied the whole incident ever took place. The disk had been loaded into a flatbed trailer, covered by tarpaulin and moved exclusively at night by a military team to nearby Griffis AFB in Rome NY, where it was hidden in a surface hangar. Another source confirmed that he accidentally saw and filmed this object inside the hangar at Griffis. Around 1956 the disk was taken to Nellis testing site in Nevada, or the Papoose range. On its way there the disk was studied at Wright Patterson. Because of its small size and weight it was transported cross country on a flatbed truck. Nothing is known of its alien occupants. The aliens possibly abandoned the disk after it soft landed (crashed) on the outskirts of Syracuse. Apparently the alien crew left the damaged or deactivated disk and it was probably found by the military with its entry hatch opened. There is also the possibility that the disk was a non-piloted alien reconnaissance probe that lost control and plummeted to earth. In the early 1990’s it was removed from the S4 site either to White Sands or to the Fort Huachuca underground facility.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.cseti.org/crashes and Tim Swartz “Uncensored UFO Reports”
# 3 1988
Type: H?

31.
Location. Penn Hills Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Date: Spring 1954
Time: afternoon
A ten-year old was returning home after school and had taken a short cut through a wooded area when she came upon a dull silvery metallic object sitting on the ground. It was smooth and was disc-shaped. Six feet to the left of the object stood a figure completely covered in silver; it had its back to the witness and was very thin and never moved. Both the figure and the object suddenly vanished into thin air.

HC addition # 215
Source: Paul G. Johnson, The Researcher Vol. 9 # 1
Type: C

32.
Location. Near Turku, Finland
Date: March 1954
Time: 0015A
Several days after Osmo Liene and his brother Esko had seen a large disc shaped object that flew lover over a road over them knocking them down and covering them with a white sandy quartz like substance, Osmo suddenly woke up after hearing steps and voices talking in an unknown language approaching the front porch of his house. Osmo ran to the front door in order to confront the intruders when the door was suddenly yanked open. Three men then entered the house. All were described as somewhat shorter than humans and having oriental eyes. The leader seemed to be a young man of about 19 years of age, who asked Osmo if he was the “young boy who built radios.” Osmo said yes and then the stranger marched into his room and explored Osmo’s radios. During the whole episode Osmo’s family remained sleeping. The younger of the men approached Osmo’s father and looked down on him with a benevolent expression. The second intruder looked to be about 35 years old and was carrying a bag. This man sat on the table in the living room and told Osmo to sit on the end of the table. A small TV-set like device was then produced; it had a monitor and a peg on top. The man lifted the device to the table in front of him. The third man appeared to be the eldest, seemed to be about 45-50 years old stood next to the window looking out, apparently standing guard. Suddenly big drops of sweat began rolling down his face as if he was feeling ill. Osmo suggested some water, but was told, “It was the air they were breathing, that it will soon pass.” Osmo tried to turn the lights on but was forbidden by the strangers. Osmo was told to sit on the table and an “interview” ensued. The 35-year-old man after each questing would crank the peg on the TV-like device and an image would appear on it apparently showing Osmo in apparently future scenes and situations. He was shown images of his future life all the way up “to the end.” At one point Osmo attempting to touch the peg himself but was angrily reprimanded. Osmo noticed that he was able to understand what the men spoke if he looked directly at them, but if he turned his head he could only hear a murmur like sound. The men then conducted an “experiment” on Osmo, which felt like some type of electric shock and he soon fell into a state of ecstasy. He was then apparently interviewed in length. The men eventually left out the front door.

HC addendum
Source: Minna Hyvonen, Finland
Type: D?

33.
Location. Near Turku, Finland
Date: March 1954
Time: night
Two weeks later Osmo woke up to a yellow light in his room. He then saw a very friendly elder man standing next to the bed waiting for him to get up. Also the previous visitors were also present. The eldest seemed to be their leader. Osmo was requested to sit beside the table and to be interviewed again. One of the men had the same TV-set like device in his hand. The elder man apparently began asking the same questions as before. During the interview the other men began performing other chores around the house. One carried a bottle-sized cylinder, apparently a medical device. The elder man apparently instructed the others in how to use this device. The men apparently lifted Osmo’s still sleeping father up and a strange headphone device placed on his head next was Osmo’s brother and then his mother. Osmo was apparently allowed to use the TV-like device and the cylinder before the men departed. They all shook hands with Osmo and left.

HC addendum
Source: Minna Hyvonen, Finland
Type: E

34.
Location. Santa Maria Brazil
Date: March 1954
Time: 1700
Rubem Hellwig, a rice planter, was driving home when he noticed a strange object some 50 meters away. It was about the size of a Volkswagen and was shaped like a rugby football. A man of slim build and brownish complexion, about 5’2” tall, was seated in it, and another outside was picking capon grass and handling it in to him. This man came over to Hellwig, carrying a bottle of reddish liquid, and asked where he could get a small quantity of ammonia that he needed. This request was made in an unknown tongue, yet Hellwig understood it. He directed him to the drugstore in a nearby town. The man thanked him and returned to the craft. A circle of bluish yellow luminosity appeared around it, “making it appear round,” and from each side of the cabin protruded 4 3” tubes; a yellowish flame shot out through these tubes, and the vessel vanished instantly.

Humcat 1954-4
Source: FSR Vol. 12 # 6
Type: A & C

35.
Location. Santa Maria Brazil
Date: March 1954
Time: unknown
The next day, soon after starting, Hellwig encountered the same or a similar machine, sitting on the highway. This time it contained a tall fair complexioned man and two women with slanting eyes and long black hair. All 3 were dressed alike, in one-piece brown garments resembling suede leather, with a zipper type closure. They called to Hellwig, and an extensive conversation ensued, the beings using their own language (which has no more than 15 letters, and sounds musical) together with telepathy. He was invited to view the craft, which was less than 10 ft long and transparent in front. Source gives details of its construction and propulsion. Those people come from a planet ‘Arion” which is “far beyond the farthest star known to our world,” and is ruled by a monarchy. When the UFO departed, there was only a slight breeze, no sound. Some time after this experience, Hellwig ‘began to experience mental phenomena which, so far, medicine has been unable either to explain or cure.”

Humcat 1954-5
Source: FSR Vol. 12 # 6
Type: G

36.
Location. Caldbeck, Cumberland, England
Date: March 4 1954
Time: unknown
Undocumented report about a possible UFO crash. According to the source new evidence reveals that the US navy in the Irish Sea whilst participating in Operation Mariner monitored UFO activity on 3-4-1957 and further witness testimony was credible from a report by a Tiger Moth airman in the Magna Flux exercise. Ufologist Sharon Larkin claims to be in contact with a witness who was detained by the military for two weeks at Kirkbride Airfield and the incident takes on a sinister role as a local vicar who also witnessed the crash had died in mysterious circumstances as he was about to go public with his testimony. The source thinks there might be a connection between this case and the March 4 1954 Rouen France UFO photograph. Additional details indicate that three people witnessed the event, a farmer and son who were held by military personnel for two weeks, and a poacher who claimed to have seen two bodies with “faces like the Devil’s” (the poacher had a breakdown soon after). The RAF removed all evidence of the incident from the area.

HC addendum
Source: Nathan Steele (Nathan.steele@btinternet.com) quoting
Sharon Larkin and http://www.paranormaldatabase.com
Type: H

37.
Location. Sumner Washington
Date: March 28 1954
Time: night
After seeing mysterious lights descend over the area the five witnesses drove to an isolated area near some power lines and soon they saw a white glowing ball of light gliding down wobbling and apparently going into a clump of nearby trees. The light then approached their vehicle, moments later the white globe of light passed in front of the car. At that same moment one of the witnesses saw a tall, well-built, broad shouldered man standing at the same spot where the globe of light had been seen. The figure was encased in a glowing white light. It suddenly disappeared in plain sight.

HC addition # 1862
Source: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues Other Flesh
Type: C

38.
Location. Near Denver Colorado
Date: April 1954
Time: dusk
Herb Barlow, a motorist, was driving on Rt. 41 and had come around a bend, slowing down due to heavy traffic to about 10 mph, when he was surprised to see a six story tall structure on the other side of the road. The structure appeared to be resting on a deep canyon on the other side of the road. It seemed to be silvery and dome shaped with yellow patches that resembled windows from which shadowy figures appeared to be watching. The object seemed to be moving slowly up & down as the witness and other vehicles drove by.

HC addition # 2138
Source: Witness letter in Fate Magazine Dec. 1995
Type: A

39.
Location. Menton, France
Date: April 1 1954
Time: 0240A
The witness heard a loud clanking sound then looking outside his home saw a five-meter domed disc land. Two human-looking occupants wearing gray combination suits exited the craft. The whole time the witness was paralyzed by a beam of light coming from the UFO. No other information.

HC addendum
Source: UFOCAT quoting Larry Hatch U computer database
Type: B

40.
Location. Desert Center, California
Date: April 3 1954
Time: 0300A
A mysterious telepathic voice led Carl Anderson to an area outside Desert Center. He made camped out with his wife and two children that night. At 0300A he suddenly wakes up to find his wife and daughter already awake, and his son sleeping. All three see how the tent suddenly becomes transparent and disappears, they could see the desert around them. Nearby, hovering only a few cm above the ground was a large bright disc-shaped object, about 20m in diameter, and 10m in height, it has a fluorescent glow. Anderson tries to approach the craft but his unable to move. They hear voices however they do not see a crew. The object then begins to hum quietly. The glow around the object becomes orange, then red and soon it resembles a fireball. Slowly the object ascends and accelerates shooting into the night sky. The tent now becomes visible again. The Andersons then see a white light flying high overhead and disappearing into the distance. His daughter is perplexed, asking where had the tent gone and why couldn’t they move. Anderson does not have an answer. He photographs the landing site. A few months later he again visits the area along with a friend who flashes a bright flashlight enthusiastically towards the sky. Suddenly an object approaches and floats over the men. Suddenly Jim cries out, the flashlight had become extremely hot and burns his thumb. He runs to the car in order to obtain a first aid kit. The disc then flashes a bright white light and disappears. When the man looks at his thumb again the burn has completely vanished.

HC addendum
Source: UFO Geheimnisse, Germany
Type: F

41.
Location. Near Reno, Nevada
Date: April 4 1954
Time: dusk
The 11-year old main witness was in the back seat sitting listlessly as the vehicle traveled along the bumpy terrain in the Nevada desert. His mother, Florence, a gifted psychic, had not explained the purpose of the cross country journey to the witness. Suddenly the car stopped. The driver, a man from Brooklyn, her mother and the witness got out. A strange object manifested before the witness as the driver and her mother appeared to be in a state of suspended animation. She stood there and watched it, but felt no fear. It was more like the feeling one gets, when an epiphany unfolds that set their course in time. The object, a ship of some kind, was diamond shaped looking much like a star tetrahedron. The main witness was “beamed” onboard. The ship took off and she clearly remembers being in an orbit around the Earth, as she sat fixated looking out of a circular window. She saw three people, perhaps screened images. She sat on a bench in a circular room with a boy approximately age 5, who said nothing. If she experienced any fear, she was quickly calmed with the ethereal appearance of a male and a female in white robes. The male was an entity she had spoke to all her life “Zoroaster” who she was told would meet one day. From that point on, he would more actively be in her life as what is called a spirit guide. She would meet the boy again, many years in the future, and would know him as Alexander. She was shown a future in which she would help shape the destiny of this planet. She remembers viewing two circular screens in which endless images were shown. One ran alongside the perimeter of the vehicle, which appeared to have scenes of human history, while the other came from a “liquid like core” in the center of the room, producing archetypical holographic messages that she watched with recognition on some level, but to this day do not fully understand. There was a momentary pause, as if the projections were finished. She next remembers being on the ground and “right time” resuming. This experience would never happen again.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.crystalinks.com/1954.html
Type: G

42.
Location. Chicago Illinois
Date: April 8 1954
Time: 1633
Lelah Stokes saw a white parachute like object with a suspended human like form skimming over the lake in all directions. She called in another tenant of the building. Mr. Boruszak, who also saw the object. She called the Coast Guard. The object diminished in size, till it was no bigger than a piece of newspaper, as it descended and landed. The human figure, now on the ground, was short and wore a tight fitting green one-piece suit covering also the head; he walked up & down the lakefront until the Coast Guard search boat had passed. Then the object enlarged and rose up again; the suspended “pilot” entered it, and it departed soundlessly at great speed.

Humcat 1954-6
Source: Project Blue Book Files
Type: B?

43.
Location. Near Caracas Venezuela
Date: April 10 1954
Time: night
Emelino Martinez was walking back from his hunting trip in the hills outside of the city when there was a sudden movement in the bushes nearby. Martinez stopped, motionless, shotgun in the ready, when the thrashing noise sounded again. He waited briefly then resumed his walk toward his parked automobile. Suddenly he heard a blood curling guttural noise. Terrified he dropped his day’s catch and ran for his car, parked in a nearby clearing. An unintelligible shout behind him indicated that whatever creature it was, it was close to him. He stopped for an instant to glance back toward his pursuer. He then saw two bizarre creatures running after him. They were short, and looked like a half man, half monkey. They were covered with dark hair. Martinez reached the car fumbling with his pockets for the keys. He dropped the keys and picked them up and attempted to open the car. He was then suddenly grabbed from behind. He fell together with his assailant into a ditch besides the road. He dropped his shotgun as two powerful arms closed over his throat. He managed to bake free and scrambled towards the car. The creature jumped on top of him, screaming, growling, and biting like a mad animal. He could not reach his shotgun, so he grabbed a large rock and repeatedly smashed his attacker on the head. Screams of pain slashed through the dark night. Martinez saw his attacker move backward, blood spurting from his head wounds. He then dashed to his car. He snapped the door locked as the two creatures lunged against the car, pounding their hairy fists against the windows in frustrated rage. He managed to start the car and drove away at very high speed directly to the police station. The next day, Martinez and some friends returned to the site and recovered his shotgun they also found some blood stained leaves. They questioned locals and were told that strange disc shaped objects had been seen in the area and that; cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, and two young farmhands had disappeared on the mountain. The farmers have also seen black, bristly haired dwarfs that hid in caves and kidnapped both livestock and humans. Martinez never returned to the area to hunt again.

HC addition # 2992
Source: Warren Smith, Triangle of The Lost
Type: D?

44.
Location. Edwards AFB (formerly Muroc) California (2nd meeting)
Date: April 12 1954
Time: night
The Zeta Grays took control of the situation as the US refused to cooperate with the “Nordics”. The contact was established with the help of project “Sigma”. The president was brought to the base along with several members of JCS, NSC, MJ-12, a representative from Rockefeller’s office and a representative from the Rothschild group was also present. The experiment was to test the public reaction, 4 civilians were brought in for 48 hours; Mr. Mead Layne from San Diego, Mr. Franklin Allen of the Hearst newspaper group, Mr. Edwin Nourse of the Brookridge Institute and a Los Angeles catholic Bishop, James McIntyre. Those 4 were checked for 6 hours on every possible item before getting clearance to view the contact. People who remember Muroc at that time say the base was closed for 3 to 4 days and all delivery trucks were turned away at the gate. As Mr. Gerald Light stated, “I had the distinct feeling that the world had come to an end with fantastic realism. For I have never seen so many human beings in a state of complete collapse and confusion as they realized that their own world had indeed ended with such finality as to beggar description.”
5 crafts arrived to the base; 3 disks and 2 cylinders. The contact was so classified that even the base AA defense guard was not informed, and the live ammo was used against the approaching crafts. The attack was futile as none of the shells could penetrate the tough plasma filled hull; eventually the military men watched in amazement as the ships proceeded to land near one of the large hangars. The disks landed near the runway, each one about 30 ft in diameter. The cylinders were hovering in the air to secure control of the situation. As Eisenhower and his small group of 6 men watched, the gray aliens disembarked and approached them. The humanoids were about 1.5m tall, without helmets. The communication was via mechanical translators the grays wore on their suits. They spoke English. The grays demonstrated their spacecraft for the president and his small circle. They showed their ability to become invisible. “This really caused the president a lot of discomfort because none of us could see them even though we knew they were still there”, —reported one military witness (a pilot) to British Lord Clancarty. Negotiations were extensive, and the final agreement was established but only in preliminary form. The grays informed they needed protection and help, saying they arrived from a dying planet, their biological system was decaying, and that they had a genetic disorder, and needed help in order to become denizens of Earth. They were seeking a cure to save their race and needed underground bases on Earth. In exchange, technology and some other benefits were proposed. At the end, the grays from the first disk got into the second disk and then disks number 2 and 3 left, leaving one saucer on the runway. The military then dragged the disk into the hangar. The disk had been left in a completely operational state, as a “present” to the US government. The disk was hidden in the hanger and later sheltered underground at the North (Haystack Butte) base. When the presidents view the UFO, 2 individuals were able to tip it upside down, since it was very light. Everyone stood back and the strangest thing occurred; the disk dematerialized in front of their eyes, it then materialized again. The scene was filmed. This was possibly the direct cause of President Eisenhower’s first heart attack. President Eisenhower hat to tell his vice president, Mr. Richard M. Nixon on this matter, when he returned to Washington, the disk was hidden in a hanger and later placed underground at the North Edwards base for many years. The seducing of the US government by gray technology began.

HC addendum
Source: “The Ultimate deception” by Commander X, 1990, William F Hamilton III, “Cosmic Top Secret” and “America’s Secret UFO program” by John Lear, Inner Light, 1991 Type: B
Comments: By the end of the following month, President Eisenhower’s CIA director, Walter Bedell Smith, Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands, David Rockefeller and other top world financiers, later Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Minister of Defense Dennis Healy and other Western power leaders convened the inaugural meeting of the Bilderberg Group. “A means of Western collective management of the world order”. One of the early items on the Bilderberg agenda was extraterrestrial contact with the Zeta Reticulian grays. Shortly after establishing itself, the Bilderberg Group collaborated with the Council on Foreign relations another international policy body devoted to world management. They discussed the problem of adjusting humankind to the extraterrestrial presence. The Bilderberg group and the Council on Foreign relations decided jointly in the mid 1950s to enter into an arrangement with the extraterrestrials: The grays were given an island in French Polynesia as a base on Earth. This arrangement afforded them an opportunity to monitor closely Earth cultures and behavior; and it permitted Earth governments a way to monitor extraterrestrial culture and behavior. “It became an on-going experiment” according to a former NSA informant. The US particularly held out for many concessions before agreeing to the arrangement. At that time MJ-12 was unaware of the fact that the grays already had a number of underground bases on Earth and the “Polynesian gift” was a trap for human civilization. In 1959 the Rand Corporation held several conferences on deep underground construction. This was done to promote further plans of mutual US/alien interaction at those bases. These conferences were attended by the various military services as well as large corporate constructions firms like Bechtal. Underground construction projects began within a year. Existing underground facilities were beefed up and new ones were started. Funding for government underground facilities comes from the “Presidential shelter” funds, as well as covert drug operations conducted by the CIA under the orders of MJ-12. Over 75 underground facilities have been constructed under various programs. But direct close cooperation with the Zeta Reticulians started in only in 1972.

45.
Location. Near Cibola National Forest, New Mexico
Date: April 12 1954
Time: night
Mr. K. A. a cameraman for the USAF was taken to a special assignment from Sampson AFB New York to Roswell New Mexico (later Walker Field Air Force Base). He was ordered to board an h-19 Sikorski helicopter and flown to the location of a UFO crash site. They headed north parallel to route 285 about 25-30 miles and then changed course to northwest continuing about 10 miles, where they cleared a small cliff. Suddenly below and ahead they saw brightly red, blue and yellow white flashing lights. As they flew overhead, they could see a round silvery object approximately 40-50 ft in diameter. The rim appeared imbedded edgewise into the sand. The disk had a stationary dome on its center, but the outer rim was still spinning counter-clockwise, and the lights on the outer edge were rotating in the same direction. Four small bodies were scattered outside the craft, and 2 more were inside the disk. All were dead. A small opened hatchway was on the side of the disk. The manner in which these bodies were positioned indicated that the aliens had tried to crawl out of the craft on their hands and knees, but all died presumably of oxygen intoxication. The bodies were abnormally proportioned, small dwarfs, approximately 4 to 41/2 ft tall, with extremely large heads, dressed in tight-fitting blue uniforms. They wore no helmets. They had light green, luminous skin. There was an overpowering stench emanating from the disk, resembling that of automobile battery acid that permeated the air. The disk was brought to Walker Field in Roswell and an attempt was made to house the object in hangar 46 but it was to small, so the craft was eventually stored in hangar 18. Heavy refrigeration equipment and other items were brought and installed. Later the disk and the bodies were moved to Langley AFB Virginia. This story is confirmed by other military men who heard their commander talking about a UFO crash near White Sands around the same time, recovered with an opened hatch and four aliens lying dead outside the UFO.
Ukrainian remote viewer Irina Volyk reported that the crash was caused by the destruction of a cubic shaped container with very toxic liquid contents. She reported that the disk was flying from some subsurface alien base in New Mexico to outer space, but crashed on its route to an alien space station

HC addendum
Source: Anton Anfalov, Leonard Stringfield, UFO Crash Retrievals
Amassing the evidence, Status Report III
Type: H

46.
Location. Dumpton Park Kent England
Date: April 16 1954
Time: unknown
A police officer reported seeing a strange creature resembling a tall “walking fire cone,” it apparently walked on two legs and disappeared into the brush. No other information.

HC addition # 1896
Source: John A Keel, Strange Mutants
Type: E

47.
Location. Ayacucho Peru
Date: May 1954
Time: afternoon
Carlos & Anita Jimenez had just returned home from shopping on a clear sunny Sunday afternoon. Carlos unlocked the outside door and both carried their groceries into the kitchen, and while they were stocking the cupboards, Anita heard a noise upstairs. She went to the foot of the courtyard stairs to listen again and sounds resembling soft footsteps. Both, with Carlos in the lead, went upstairs to check. They examined all three bedrooms on the floor and there was no sign of any intruders. As they walked past their own bedroom, Anita had a strong feeling that someone was in there. She grabbed her husband’s arm and both waited for almost a minute. And then they heard the soft footsteps inside the bedroom. Together they rushed through the open doorway. They stopped short, gaping in astonishment. Standing on the other side of the bed was a beautiful young woman. She looked shocked at first, and then her expression was a blend of frustration and dismay. Anita described the intruder as about 5-feet six inches tall and slender, with a honey gold tan and an exuberant mass of curling and wavy auburn hair. She had golden hoop earrings and sandals to match. And she wore skimpy attire. Anita described it as an “avocado green French swimsuit” and a bolero jacket of the same color with elbow-length sleeves. The intruder had what looked like a white plastic cast on her left forearm. Surprise both asked the intruder who she was and what was she doing in their house. The intruder looked at them for a long moment, and then relied in halting Spanish, “My name if Jelu, I am not from here.” The she lifted her left forearm. The Jimenez couple saw twinkling multicolored lights along its length. The woman began tapping it as if were a typewriter. Instantly a wall of fine red mist appeared between them and the intruder. Ignoring the witnesses shouts of surprise, “Jelu” turned and faced the stucco wall behind the bed. She began tapping her thick plastic wrist device again. Carlos rounded the bed in an attempt to detain her. But as his fingers made contact with the mist, he let out a scream and tumbled to the carpet. Anita rushed to her husband’s side. White faced and gasping, Carlos tenderly cradled his stricken hand. His fingers and thumb were covered with small red blisters. Suddenly a circle of golden light appeared on the wall, as it there was a hand held flashlight on the other side. The light circle swiftly grew until it reached from the floor to the ceiling. The light was soft and resembled “oil floating on water.” The intruder stepped into the light and vanished. The red mist disappeared as well. As Anita pushed open the latticework shutters, she was surprise to see the intruder meters down the street, heading north towards La Compania church. In disbelief Anita realized that the woman had only left 20 seconds ago, and if not for her towering auburn style hair, she never would have seen her, for the intruder was now wearing typical Andean clothes. Both attempted to chase the strange woman but she was seen to hail a local cab and disappear from sight. The police was notified of the incident.

HC addendum
Source: UFO Roundup Vol. 6 # 19
Type: E

48.
Location. Kensington Lake, Detroit, Michigan
Date: May 1954
Time: 1300-1400
The 5-year old witness remembers seeing a large saucer-shaped object with a round top and three skinny telescoping legs that only came out when it was about to land, it emitted no sound. It was white metallic in color. 3 beings came out of the object through a door-drop down stairway on the sandy beach land grass covered area where it landed. The three beings looked tall, thin with long arms, and large oversized heads with large black eyes, they collected samples of sand, vegetation, water and communicated telepathically with the witness telling her, “Do not be afraid, we will not harm you” before embarking back into the ship. They seemed gentle and never bothered her; they wore white suits with golf-ball like indentation design.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.ufoevidence.org/sightings
Type: B

49.
Location. Fregim Amarante Portugal
Date: May 5 1954
Time: 1600
The young witness was sitting with his goat on a small hill near the village when he heard a whistling sound. He ran towards the direction of the sound, which was from a nearby hollow. He then observed a dome shaped object leaving the area headed towards a nearby river, but on the ground rested an identical object. It was a metallic dome shaped craft with a metallic ring on the bottom and a transparent section on top. It had a conical protrusion, brown in color, on top. As the object left the witness felt a heat wave. Inside the second object he could see two beings with large heads and large eyes, wide apart, both appeared to have antennae on top of their heads, the mouth appeared to be a round hole. They also wore metallic blue outfits, and appeared to be seated with one of them moving levers while the other looked at the witness. Ground traces were found at the site.

HC addition # 104
Source: Ballester Olmos & Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia
De Los Encuentros cercanos con Ovnis
Type: A

50.
Location. London. England
Date: May 8 1954
Time: evening
George King was alone in his London apartment when a loud physical voice delivered the following command, “Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament.” He was initially shocked by the implication of this statement. It came out of the blue without warning or explanation. All he knew with his mastery of terrestrial phenomena was that what he had heard, he had heard. A few days later he was visited by a world renowned Yoga Master whom he knew to be alive and active in India at that time. This Master, in every way physical, entered and left through a locked door that he did not open. During the meeting Kin was given a series of highly specialized exercises enabling him to bring about a state of consciousness necessary for the establishment of mental rapport with the Cosmic Masters who inhabit the higher planes of other planets. In the previous 10 years King had become a Master of Raja, Gnani, and Kundalini Yoga—able to attain the elevated state of consciousness known as Samadhi. It was for this reason that the Cosmic Masters of the Solar System began to use him as “Primary Terrestrial Mental Channel”, in order to give their message on Earth.

HC addendum
Source: http://www.aetherius.org/NewFiles
Type: F?

51.
Location. Lawton Oklahoma
Date: May 11 1954
Time: unknown
A lone witness watched a disc shaped object hovering ten feet above the ground. Below the object stood a four-foot tall figure. The humanoid disappeared in a flash of light after seeing the witness, and then the object shot away at high speed towards the west.

HC addition # 1412
Source: Kevin D. Randle. The October Scenario
Type: C

52.
Location. Between Derby & Burton Derbyshire England
Date: May 13 1954
Time: 2330
Commander H. R. Penrose was driving homeward from Derby to Burton when a bright light appeared ahead, heading towards him. As it reached his position he experienced a crash and he was thrown forward against the windshield. Then the car seemed to be lifted from the ground, and he was moving through the air with a bright light above him. The car came to rest atop some iron railings, and he was lifted from it by a man in a one piece suit, who effortlessly lifted him into an entrance on the underside of a large round object which was hovering above, giving out a bright light. He was taken into a room, which had controls in it, operated by men and women in one piece suits. They questioned him (telepathically, he thinks) about his naval experiences and his work with radar. Then a woman injected some green fluid into his arm, after which he remembered no more. He was found; suffering from concussion, in his car atop some iron railings it had knocked down, and was taken to a hospital. After his recovery he revisited the spot and succeeded in finding a railway signalman who said he had seen a car, with an extremely bright light above it, go past his signal box. Hypnotic regression was planned.

Humcat 1954-11
Source: Margaret & Geoffrey Westwood, FSR Vol. 23 # 4
Type: G

53.
Location. Melbourne Australia
Date: May 30 1954
Time: 0025A
6 people on a doorstep saw an orange, oval object come down from the sky. As it pulled out of its curve of descent, its rear end emitted a cloud of orange yellow smoke and flame. It rose up and vanished, having been in view for 5 seconds. 3 of the witnesses said they had seen shapes like people in it. David Reese said, “I could distinctly see, inside it, dark shapes like busts.”

Humcat 1954-7
Source: Keith Basterfield
Type: A

54.
Location. Hull Yorkshire England
Date: Summer 1954
Time: unknown
A 32-year old housewife recalled that as a child living in Hull, she and a friend had observed a silver “aircraft” with no wings, tail or markings that hovered over the roofs of adjacent buildings. In the object could be seen two figures looking out through a row of portholes. One was a woman who “half smiled at her,” and the other was a man of about 20. Both appeared entirely human. The object remained motionless and was silent. The girl looked away for a moment; when she turned back the object had disappeared. Her playmate had seen it also.

Humcat 1954-14
Source: Derek James & Phil Barnett for UFORA
Type: A

55.
Location. Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
Date: summer 1954
Time: 0900a
A 14-year old boy, Marco P., was walking through the fields near his house. He had a kitten with him. At some point, Marco sighted a 1.8m tall disc orientated diagonally against a tree. The object had a sort of “flight of steps” and at its base were three individuals 1.85m tall. The beings greatly resembled male humans, but “of the German race”, they sported robust physiques, blond hair, and squared faces. They wore very long coats and military style pants with boots. As soon as the boy approached the scene, he felt “paralyzed” but then he regained control of his movement once the creatures stopped looking at him. Immediately thereafter, the boy witnessed a huge, 60 or 70 meter-wide disc hovering in the sky above him. Seventy or 80 smaller discs were flying around it. He also viewed 2 old biplanes, but he was unsure whether these were aware of the presence of the objects. Then three or four beings descended from the sky on a kind of “flying scooter”, they kept their hands on its “handlebars”. One of the beings appeared to be “the one in charge”; he gazed at the boy “intensely” allowing him to board one of the scooters. The scooter took off and flew towards the huge disk, which “opened and closed beneath them.” The interior of the saucer was nearly empty. There was a 2 meter wide transparent apparatus that had many flashing lights inside of it. A “mobile construction” was placed all around the perimeter of the inner part of the disc, and this produced a loud noise. About 20 beings were working at some “desks”. The boy was still paralyzed, and it is at this point that his recollection becomes even hazier. The boy descended to Earth in the scooter, and then he saw the huge disc depart the scene by assuming an inclined orientation. He heard the bells of a nearby church that it was noontime; his experience had duration of three hours.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: G

56.
Location. St. Priest-Taurion, Haute-Vienne, France
Date: Summer 1954
Time: 1230-1300
The witness, Marie-Louise was indulging in her daily walk after having suffered a partial stroke, 3 years earlier. The day of the observation she was walking on a dirt road about 500m from her house near the small farm of La Croze. Suddenly at the edge of an alley of tall spruces and a meadow the witness saw a very shiny flattened hemispheric object. She described the object as flattened in shape, but round, and very brilliant, the color red was dominant but she could also distinguish yellow and orange, juxtaposed and spread out in strips of light. The object did not touch the ground as it seemed to rest on a kind of tripod. It was about 1m to 1.50m in height, at the level of the fir trees near the branches. The size comparable to that of a large car. The witness then saw two small beings occupied in collecting something around the meadow. Amazed, the witness did not dare to move from the dirt road, it didn’t appear that the entities had noticed her. The witness described the beings as very small, 1 m or less, with a very bulky head (perhaps a helmet?) and of a metal gray color. After a few minutes the humanoids penetrated under the UFO apparently carrying some vegetation with them. The machine rose without noise, and while trembling, to the summit of the spruces. There it very quickly took off disappearing from sight.

HC addendum
Source: G. Magne, Http://ufologie.net/1954
Type: B

57.
Location. Kentucky, exact location not given
Date: Summer 1954
Time: afternoon
A couple eating supper at a local restaurant saw a strange “man” or entity sitting in the back of the restaurant. The man was sitting still with his hands on his knees, he was very tall, & his head and shoulders were higher than any other person there. He was silent & sat still staring at everyone. He wore a dark brown suit; he apparently noticed the witnesses looking at him, gout up and walked out. He wore very peculiar five toed dark brown shoes and had a very narrow heel.

HC addition # 3164
Source: Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored
Type: E

58.
Location. Wotton, Surrey, England
Date: Summer 1954
Time: evening
A couple that had been exploring a local church wandered into a non-existent landscape when they left the churchyard. While sitting on a bench feeling uneasy for no apparent reason, the wife “saw” three figures standing behind her, and was unable to turn her head to view them directly. On a later occasion when the couple returned to Wotton, the landscape was completely different and bore no relation to what they had seen before.

HC addendum
Source: Janet & Colin Bord, Modern Mysteries of Britain
Type: E?
Comments: Time slip?

59.
Location. Near Lubertsy, Moscow region, Russia
Date: summer 1954
Time: evening
Valentin Nikolaevich Starogortsev a physics teacher from the small town of Yamsk (Magadan region) had come to rest and cure his illnesses at one of the health centers southeast of Moscow and while he sat alone on a bench reading a book he saw a strange man about 40 years of age that approached him. The stranger immediately began to talk about scientific theories that dealt with the probability of sending wave length messages between the earth and the moon. Moments later the stranger invited Valentin to establish a wavelength connection between the Earth and the moon. He added that very few scientists, no matter their credentials are invited to the moon. But the witness reacted in a skeptical manner, not believing that settlements could be possible on the moon. But soon he saw a spacecraft land nearby and he was then taken by the alien crew to the earth’s satellite. In appearance the aliens were not different from humans and spoke perfect Russian. As was later established by other sources, physics teacher Starogortsev had made huge scientific discoveries that could had been used for evil military purposes on Earth, and this is why he was “neutralized” by the extraterrestrials. After being taken to an alien lunar base, he conducted research only in interplanetary wave communications. Amazingly, the witness the witness was chosen to teach selected humans about the alien’s lunar bases.

HC addendum
Source: Alexander Glazunov “Svet” (Light) Magazine Moscow
# 11-12 1998
Type: G

60.
Location. Bette Creuse France
Date: Summer 1954
Time: 2100
Mr. X was returning home on a bicycle when he saw a circle of light descend from the sky and land in a field beside the road. Two beings similar to men emerged from it, wearing helmets with antennas. The witness tried to accelerate, but felt as if pedaling “in a vacuum.” He remained “stupor struck” for some days. During these days “a peasant of Bette saw strange individuals maneuvering in the country side.”

Humcat 1954-13
Source: J G Dohmen, LDLN # 130
Type: B & E

61.
Location. Anza Borrego Desert California
Date: Summer 1954
Time: night
The 13-year old witness was camping with his family and a friend when the howling of the coyotes woke him up. He then began receiving telepathic messages in his head. He rose from his bed and began waving a Coleman lantern to expose his location. Moments later a bright white disc approached the campsite, as it neared; it turned to a metallic gray craft that hovered silently above the campsite. The craft had a complex structure including a rod that stuck out at the front. Three human shaped figures looked down at the witnesses through a large porthole. The object then emitted a high-pitched whine as a panel on its bottom slid open. A tremendously bright spotlight then flooded the campsite. The witnesses felt paralyzed and it a state of confusion. Moments later the object shot away in a burst of light.

HC addition # 1172
Source: Gray Barker, UFO Annual 1982
Type: A

62.
Location. Northern Yukon Canada
Date: Summer 1954
Time: late night
A family of five, including Gayle & Dave Rayburn who are identical twins, were driving on the Alcan Highway late at night when some bright lights approached from behind their vehicle. Soon two single-wheeled vehicles, silvery metallic in appearance passed their car at very high speed. On each of the vehicles sat a human-like figure that wore a metallic helmet. The vehicles had a single bright light on the front & were completely silent. They were soon lost in the distance.

HC addition # 2143
Source: Rick Grootveldt & Gayle Rayburn (Phone interview)
Type: E?

63.
Location. Near Floyd’s Knob Indiana
Date: Summer 1954
Time: late night
After her and several other family members had seen a large orange ball of light maneuvering over the farm, the main witness remembers waking up in her room and seeing a multi-colored light slowly spinning around her bedroom. She went to the window and saw a small gray colored humanoid with huge black oval shaped eyes, floating outside. She felt a telepathic message from the being telling her not to be afraid. Several taller white entities then entered her bedroom. Terrified she watched the beings apparently levitate her grandmother out of the room. Suddenly a sparkling shaft of light that came down from the ceiling filled the room. In the midst of the light stood a blond haired, blue eyed man like figure that took the witness’s hand telling her not to be afraid. Moments later she and her grandmother were floated outside and into a brightly lit crystal like object. Before entering the object she saw several tall white beings examining her father and numerous short thin gray beings wearing headgear running around in the yard area. Inside the object numerous organic body samples were taken from her and other tests were performed. She was eventually brought back home and was allowed to keep a green stone. (This was later supposedly taken away by the military.)

HC addition # 1663
Source: Karla Turner, Taken
Type: G

64.
Location. Bengough Saskatchewan Canada
Date: June 1954
Time: 1000A
R. F., a farmer, heard something like a motorcycle coming, and a circular object about 16 ft in diameter flew over his farmyard at about 80 mph, below roof height. The front section was transparent and he could see 2 men wearing helmets & goggles, and a “stick shift” lever with a crossbar handle. It created a whirlwind underneath it. “There was no color to it.”

Humcat 1954-39
Source: D. Clausen, Saskatchewan Unidentified Phenomena Research
Type: A

65.
Location. Torre De Picenardi Italy
Date: June 1954
Time: 1430
The witness was traveling in his vehicle along a country road when suddenly his dog became agitated and he heard a loud whistling sound. He then saw a strange object land on a nearby clearing, some type of tripod like landing gear emerged from the bottom of the object. As soon as the craft landed the whistling stopped and the dog calmed down. The witness then left his vehicle and hid behind some bushes in order to observe the object. The object was gray metallic, transparent and shaped like a teardrop with a tail at the front. The top was curved and rounded. Moments later two very tall beings wearing bluish “space suits” and dark goggles emerged from the object. They moved around apparently with some difficulty as they opened three compartments on the bottom of the object retrieving 3 metallic boxes. One of the beings walked over to a nearby cornfield and grabbed several of the young bushes putting them into one of the containers. Moments later the beings re-entered the object that took off vertically emitting a loud whistling sound.

HC addition # 1599
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: B

66.
Location. Kirimukuyu, Kenya
Date: June 1954
Time: evening
11-year old Laili Thindu told authorities in Nairobi that he had seen strange lights coming from the direction of Mount Kenya and flying close to his village. The lights then hovered above a nearby village from where one could hear the sound of drums celebrating a marriage. The objects then projected beams of light towards the village and the drums became quiet. The next morning it was found that the whole population of the village had been incinerated, including the cattle and other animals, apparently by the beams of light from the UFOs.

HC addendum
Source: Jacques Vallee, “Confrontations”
Type: F
Could it have been a volcanic eruption?

67.
Location. Between Gubskaya & Barakayevskaya, Mostovskiy area, Krasnodar region
North Caucasus, Russia
Date: June 1954
Time: evening
While assign to work on a garden plot between the villages (stanitsa) of Gubskaya and Barakayevskaya in the foothills of the Northern Caucasus 8 witnesses including 3 young men ranging from 16 to 18 years of age, 3 young females and a woman had camped for the night at the edge of the forest had built a bonfire and were preparing dinner. The group carried loaded 2-barrel rifles. While the sun fell behind the horizon the three boys including the main witness (reporter) Nikolay Dmitrievich Grachyev went for a walk along the meadow and had approached a deep narrow gully near the forest. There they suddenly heard steps, unlike human steps. They quickly ran back to the camp and armed themselves with the rifles and carrying the bandolier (ammunition belt) the witnesses warned the others to stay behind and ran back to the edge of the forest where they had heard the strange footfalls. As twilight quickly fell the witness spotted a humanoid figure not far from their location coming out of the forest. The strange “man” was more than 2meters in height, and very thin. Floating just above the ground the stranger began to approach the stunned witnesses. One of the witnesses, Volodya Tkachenko who was armed, yelled at the figure to stop and out of fear pulled the trigger. As the shot rang out the floating figure seemed to pick up speed and flew close to the men and near the camp where the others had remained behind quickly vanishing into the darkness. The boys attempted to shoot their rifles again but all their efforts failed, the rifles all malfunctioned. The frightened witnesses could not eat their dinner after the encounter and the next day quickly finished their work and left the area.

HC addendum
Source: Letter from Nikolay Dmitrievich Grachyev to the Academy of
Sciences of the USSR dated May 27 1980 & Mikhail Gershtein
Type: E

68.
Location. Fortaleza, Brazil
Date: June 10 1954
Time: unknown
A humanoid figure about 2 meters in height, wearing a metallic suit and having a “square face, with strong jaw” was seen in a field near this city. No other information.

HC addendum
Source: GEPUC Brazil
Type: E

69.
Location. Cold Blow, Lydden, Kent, England
Date: July 1954
Time: 0500A
Harold Carpenter, an employee at a local state, over a period of several weeks had kept hearing a very loud, deep humming noise, which lasted for about two or three minutes. The noise always seemed to occur between four and five o’clock in the morning. One morning, very curious, Carpenter rose from his bed, quickly got dressed and quietly stepped outdoors. With the humming noise still audible, and seeming to emanate from the southwest, Harold set off to walk to a wooded area known locally as Sunny Calvert. Determined to track down the source of the humming noise, and having come this far Harold clambered down a deep slope to where the sound seemed to be coming from. Harold peered down and was shocked to see a strange looking device. It resembled a mushroom without a stem. The object was gray in color and seemed to be hovering about eight to ten feet above the ground. Harold came to a vantage point amongst the trees where he could actually see the underside of the craft. It was definitely hovering above the ground. It was about 15 to 20 ft in diameter across the base, which housed what looked like a lip on the inside bottom. Even more startling was the sight of up to five “peculiar looking beings” gathered underneath the craft on the surface below. The beings were about four to five feet tall, and carrying what looked like “pound jam jars” with a handle in one hand and an implement resembling a pair of tweezers in the other. The beings used these to pick up bits of twigs and leaves before placing them in the clear glass looking jars. As the beings wandered around picking up various samples, all kept very close to the craft, which hovered silently above. The humming sound had now stopped. All wore the same one-piece gray; flexible looking suits that stretched over their feet. It also covered their heads much like a Balaclava. Their faces were exposed and Harold could see that these were human like but totally expressionless, with normal human like eyes. If they had any ears, the one-piece suit hid them from view. They had a snout-like nose, resembling that of a “pig.” Their mouths were similar to humans, and so were their hands, until Harold noticed they didn’t appear to have thumbs. While observing in fascination, Harold had inch closer and closer, until he suddenly realized that he was only to within 10 ft of the craft. At this moment one of the beings suddenly looked up and with the same expressionless face, stared directly at him. Without so much as a sound or movement, it somehow alerted the others to Harold’s presence, for the rest suddenly stopped what they were doing and slowly began to retreat to the craft, which had descended to hover barely two feet of the ground. One by one the beings disappeared underneath the craft by means of its lip. The craft then began to rise, at which point Harold saw one of the beings climb through a type of “gate” housed on the inside of the lip which then closed. The craft slowly continued to climb, moving slightly to one side towards a clearing among the trees. It gradually gained altitude and speed. It suddenly emitted a flash of light and departed at incredible speed.

HC addendum
Source: Chris Rolfe, UFOMEK
Type: B

70.
Location. Wegierska Gorka Poland
Date: July 1954
Time: afternoon
The witness had gone into a wooded area to pick mushrooms along with several other children when she became separated from the others and became attracted to some nearby cliffs. She then noticed a yellowish white oval shaped light in between the trees, which seem to hover above the ground. She approached the light and as she came closer she noticed a door and close to it, a figure. The being stood sideways but with his head turned watching her. She approached and climbed four “stairs” which led to an open rectangular door. Inside she met four more beings standing with their backs to her. The room had a cylindrical pillar in the center. The four beings inside were shorter than the one she saw outside. The taller figure wore a close fitting suit, the lower half light red and surrounded in mist and the upper half intensive red. He also wore a cap and appeared to have a hump on his back. He had small “wide” eyes, no nose, and a slit for a mouth. The witness heard an inner voice instructing her to lie down on the shiny floor. She promptly fell asleep. Next thing she remembers is being awakened by the other children in the field.

HC addition # 903
Source: Bronislaw Rzepecki, Phenomenon, 40 years of Flying
Saucers
Type: G

71.
Location. Near Crater Lake Oregon
Date: July 2 1954
Time: unknown
A mother and daughter and several children were driving in a hilly area apparently lost, when they came upon a large circular lighted structure or object. The vehicle engine stalled and they coasted to what they thought was a parking area of a restaurant. They all entered the structure, which had walls like mirrors, and Plexiglas tables. They entered a huge room with windows on the ceiling. The occupants of the craft were all blonde and about four and a half foot tall, & dressed in silvery uniforms and boots with some kind of emblem on them. The witnesses apparently sat on a table and were brought food, which they ate. The beings had soft musical voices. Later when the witnesses returned to the site the structure or object had disappeared.

HC addition # 448
Source: Thomas E Bullard, UFO Abductions the Measure
Of A Mystery
Type: G?

72.
Location. Garson Ontario Canada
Date: July 2 1954
Time: 1730
Ennio La Sarza, 35, said that he saw a spaceship 25 ft in diameter land at the Garson mine; it had a square center with a telescopic projection, 2 ear like spurs on its “head,” 3 sets of arms with claws, and 6 legs. From it emerged 3 beings about 13 ft tall, “built in much the same manner as the ship,” who held him with a hypnotic stare. La Sarza ran for the mine’s First Aid Station, where he fainted.

Humcat 1954-40
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B

73.
Location. Sumner Washington
Date: July 3 1954
Time: midnight
Two witnesses were out driving when they saw a white light drop out of the sky and go into some bushes by the roadway. After the light entered the bushes it turned green and began blinking. The driver turned the car lights off and saw a solid red ball of light drop to the ground 20 feet from the car. The witness then turned the car lights on again and saw a man standing where the red light had hit the pavement. The man stood directly in front of the car and was described as six-foot tall, wearing a tight fitting white shirt with some sort of vest. When the witness turned the car on again the figure suddenly vanished.

HC addition # 1863
Source: George Hunt Williamson, Other Tongues
Other Flesh
Type: C

74.
Location. Near Pipestone Minnesota
Date: July 5 1954
Time: about 0100A
Driving in the dark, T & S saw something like a “fire” ahead, which proved to be a luminous entity walking toward them, with a white glowing body (bright, as if chrome plated) and red glowing head & hands. T had to swerve to miss it, passing within 4 feet and lighting the car with red light; at the same time there was loud static on the radio. The entity was 8 or 9 ft tall, had no face, and moved stiffly, like a robot.

Humcat 1954-41
Source: Stan Fouch for Mufon
Type: E

75.
Location. Ozark Mountains, Missouri
Date: July 30 1954
Time: 1600
Buck Nelson was listening to the radio in his home, when a high-pitched noise and what appeared to be a foreign tongue cut across the program. He listened for a few minutes and then turned the volume down and tried to tune in to get the program more clearly, but the noise, mixed up with the babble of the unknown language, persisted. Meanwhile, his pony and his dog were both causing a commotion outside the house. Going outside, Buck was amazed to see a huge disc-like object, at least 50 feet in diameter, hovering over the house about 100 or 200 feet up, before it landed on the back of his 80-acre ranch, about 800 to 1,000 ft from the house. He had a very clear close up view when it was directly over him at the back of his house near the kitchen door. It flew low and stood still in the air for several minutes. He rushed into the house to get his reflex camera, but when he returned it had risen up into real low clouds with two other such craft. He took several snaps with his camera. One photo shows two space ships among the clouds fairly clear.

HC addendum
Source: Flying Saucer Review 1955
Type: F

76.
Location. Saint-Sauveur-La-Sagne, France
Date: August 1954
Time: morning
Mrs. Carriere, on holiday in the area, was returning to the house one early morning when she saw an object resembling a “big black balloon” landing on a nearby field. From the object “a very small man with a dreadful black face” emerges, a similar figure remains in the object. The little man remains on the ground only for a few moments and then re-boards the object, which then rises silently leaving behind a very white wake. The witness notices two cows on the ground wriggling in apparent pain. A farmer and his wife who come upon the scene are paralyzed and unable to move.

HC addendum
Source: SITOVNIS, France
Type: B

77.
Location. Galfinque, Haut-Rhin, France
Date: August 1954
Time: evening
A witness who asked to remain anonymous saw a luminous sphere posed on the ground in a field. He noticed that two small beings were busy nearby. He was frightened and fled without further investigating.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider quoting “Lumieres Dans La Nuit” # 267-268
Type: C

78.
Location. Lainsecq, Yonne, France
Date: August 1954
Time: evening
A bright orange light on a nearby field attracted several children hiding behind a hedge in order to surprise some other children. Looking at the field they saw an orange metallic disc-shaped object apparently on the ground, it had a dome on top and revolving orange lights on its center. The color of the object resembled brushed aluminum. A being is seeing standing upright within the dome and another is seen leaving the object. Two others are on the ground, one holding a bag and the other a “hoe” like instrument. All the humanoids wore dark brown & black combination suits. Soon the beings on the ground placed their arms stiffly on the sides of their body and rise vertically then follow a curving trajectory into the object, head first. The orange light on the object dims and then the crafts shoots up at incredible speed disappearing in seconds.

HC addendum
Source: Michel Figuet, SOS Ovni
Type: B

79.
Location. Trois Fonds France
Date: August 1 1954
Time: 2100
A saucer shaped object is seen landing on a field. Two men wearing helmets with antennas emerge from the craft. The observer feels dazed during the incident. No other information.

HC addition # 2509
Source: Figeut & Ruchon
Type: B

80.
Location. Hemmingford Quebec Canada
Date: August 7 1954
Time: 1930
Gabriel Coupal, 13, saw a 9-foot luminous ball land 150 ft away; after landing it turned black. A door opened, and “a big tall man with big round eyes” came out, dressed all in skintight black rubber except for his head, and carrying a “machine gun.” There was a “buzz like a bee.” The man approached and the boys ran their horse for the house. The UFO rose, passed close by them, and landed again near the horse barn. It “had a black cable with a square thing hanging.” In the moonlight, it looked “like a soap bubble,” and 3 men were seen walking around it. Mrs Coupal telephoned Hemmingford to get another witness, but when 3 people arrived the object took off, glowing orange. It had been present for an hour or more. Where it had rested was found a 30-foot circle of flattened grass.

Humcat 1954-42
Source: Dr. Adolph Dittmar, CSI
Type: B

81.
Location. Dewey County Oklahoma
Date: mid August 1954
Time: daytime
Gladys White Eagle, on a riverbank, saw a “flying saucer” come straight down with a roar. A tall, lean man with a dark complexion & a long beard got out & told her the US would be destroyed by an earthquake and bomb on October 13. “He told me that in twisted words and then he laughed very hard. Then he said for me to come to the spot again today, but I’m not going back because I’m scared.”

Humcat 1954-43
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B

82.
Location. Terengul, Gurjev Region, Kazakhstan
Date: August 18 1954
Time: unknown
Fragments and remains of a disc-shaped object three meters long were found in the area. The craft was transported to a bunker at the Kapustin Yar range. Three humanoids were onboard. Due to heavy damage, fire and explosion, only two of the bodies were retrieved, the third was never found (?). Only fragments of the other bodies were recovered.

HC addendum
Source: Anton A Anfalov, UKUFAS
Type: H

83.
Location. Ceydalen near Mosjoen Norway
Date: August 20 1954
Time: afternoon
24-year old Edith Jacobsen, her sister, Asta Solvang and her uncle, Halvlan Jacobsen had gone into some nearby fields in order to collect wildflowers, after a while their uncle walked away from the area and both were left alone. Moments later as both women collected flowers they noticed a strange man that was walking towards them from a certain distance; he had a smile on his face and was making hand gestures towards the women. The stunned woman hesitated as the stranger approached and curious decided not to run away since he looked friendly enough. The stranger wore a greenish coverall, which covered him all the way up to his neck, they could not see any buttons or seams, and it seemed to be a one-piece suit. He also wore a very wide belt around his waist. But what really grabbed their attention was the man’s long light brown hair. His eyes were light-colored somewhat slanted, his skin was much bronzed. After gesturing greetings back to the visitor, they asked him who he was and suddenly still with the smile on his face the stranger extended his hand towards the women but instead of shaking hands he slightly brushed the palms of her hands with his and then spoke in a “sing song type manner” and in a language they could not comprehend, even though both women were fluent in English, German, and Russian and were very knowledgeable with other languages such as Spanish and French. “His hands were beautiful” said the women, “with long well manicured fingers like that of an artist”. The stranger seemed to emit an air of friendliness and kindness that left both women very impressed. Suddenly the man took something out of his coverall that resembled a pencil & what appeared to be a piece of paper, where he proceeded to draw a central point surrounded by several circles, which seemed to represent the orbits of the planets within our solar system. After pointing out the Earth and the moon, the stranger pointed at a ‘planet’ which the women were unable to distinguish due to their state of excitement. Moments later he introduced both items back into his tunic through a point which the women were unable to see.
At this point both women were feeling a little concerned but the smiling man the motioned for them to follow him. Both women obeyed his wishes and soon arrived at a small clearing on which rested a metallic lenticular shaped object described by the women as resembling two bowls placed together with a small dome on top. The object measured some 4 to 5 meters in diameter and about 1.30m in height. It was gray-blue in color. As they attempted to approach the object the man motioned to them to step back and not approach. The man then opened a hatch at the base of the object and entered it, he then closed the hatch. The women then heard a slight whistling sound and moments later the object began to rise up into air with a rotating motion. Once the craft had climbed to about 45 meters it stopped momentarily and then it accelerated its rotating motion quickly rising up into the air in a diagonal trajectory and disappearing from sight. The women notified the police after the encounter and according to police officials both women were sound of mind and well known in the community.

Humcat 1954-44
Source: Oddvar J Larsen
Type: B

84.
Location. Lugrin France
Date: August 23 1954
Time: unknown
Elise Blanc approached an object like an aluminum trailer, with 2 small beings in silvery dress, grunting like pigs, standing close by. The craft took on a fiery color and flew away.

Humcat 1954-45
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport Magonia
Type: C

85.
Location. Midwest United States (exact location not given)
Date: late summer 1954
Time: evening
An American physicist driving home from his job in an atomic pile plant saw ahead a brilliant object like a large hot sphere, which forced him to stop the car. A giant entity stepped from the object, described as man-like and well-proportioned and radiating great heat that appeared to know the scientist, and conversed with him. The entity said he was “Moroni.” “We fear that your scientists will cause great disasters.” The entity told the witness. (In Mormon lore, Moroni is the Angel that the founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith encountered in upstate New York,)

HC addition # 3163
Source: Harold T Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored
Type: B

86.
Location. Eisenberg Germany
Date: Autumn 1954
Time: unknown
Six-year old Anna Lex saw inside a floating gleaming sphere a female entity interpreted to have been the Holy Virgin Mary. No other information.

HC addition # 2600
Source: Erich Von Daniken, Miracle of The Gods
Type: A?

87.
Location. Mittelfranken Germany
Date: Fall 1954
Time: unknown
A couple was walking their dog in a coastal wooded area when they spotted a bright bluish light. The dog became disturbed and ran ahead. The witness now could see the object hovering low over the area; it was a flat pyramid shaped craft. It had a dazzling amber light on the bottom and was about 60 meters in diameter. It had a cabin like structure on top and a rotating flange around it. The object emitted a blue amber light from inside the cabin. The witnesses now felt paralyzed as the object descended nearby emitting a metallic glow. A very tall man wearing a close fitting shiny overall appeared. He communicated by using telepathy with the witnesses, telling them he was from the constellation “Eagle.” The man then called out a creature resembling an Alsatian dog from the object, and explained that it was a pet. No other information.

HC addition # 243
Source: Ulrich Magin
Type: B

88.
Location. Near Calgary Alberta Canada
Date: Fall 1954
Time: daytime
A man was in his car when he saw a silvery disc come down and hover within 500 ft of him. In it was a man with long black hair, wearing a leather jacket. He was seen for only a few seconds. Shortly after this occurrence, the witness became insane, believing that he had seen Christ in the UFO, and was hospitalized for a time.

Humcat 1954-33
Source: Dr. Victoria Edwards for CAPRO
Type: A

89.
Location. Kedzierzyn, Poland
Date: autumn 1954
Time: evening
Young Barbara L. had just returned home with her parents and it was late afternoon or early in the evening. The sky was covered with heavy clouds hovering very low. Then when her mother brought her to the kitchen she looked out the window and saw the figure of a man wearing a black overall “walking among the clouds”. In fact she only saw him from the waist down because the rest was hidden in the clouds. He was moving as if treading through an invisible path. She shouted for her mom to look but when her mother came the strange figure had disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: NPN ORG Poland
Type: E

90.
Location. Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada
Date: fall 1954
Time: 2230
While ploughing a filed, a section of land of highways 18 & 22 the witness observed a round lighted object about 500ft in the air. The stars were out and there were no clouds. After turning the tractor around the witness drove up on the hill and stopped and the light was still there. He got off the tractor and rolled a cigarette, then shut off the tractor and the lights and stood there waiting. That’s when he saw a human-like figure walk past 3 bars (on the object) resembling windows (vertical type) and about 5 seconds later it moved southward and the lights went out and it was gone. Another witness who was about ½ mile south plowing also saw the object. There was no sound of any kind from the object while sitting up there or when it moved away. He added that the light coming from the object was bright but did not hurt his eyes.

HC addendum
Source: Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research
Type: A

91.
Location. Platonovo, Oryel Region, Russia
Date: September 1954
Time: evening
14-year old Mikhail Zybunovskiy (involved in a previous encounter in 1947) was stealing apples from the garden when he noticed a large cigar-shaped object hovering in the sky. Numerous bright lights shone on its hull. He became afraid in hid behind some bushes. As he trembled with fear and dripping cold sweat from his brow he sensed a sharp feeling in his eyes, like if salt had just been poured into them. He closed his eyes and when he opened them he saw the “soldier” like humanoid again, dressed all in green with large broad shoulders. Like in the previous incident in 1947 the alien wore a cap on his head that emitted a sparkling orange light. The boy started crying and the entity disappeared. The cigar-shaped object then flew away. The boy wanted to run away from the place but he could not move. His legs felt like if made out of lead, he had even wetted his pants out of fear. His heart palpitated rapidly and his body shivered.

HC addendum
Source: Aleksey Priyma “UFOs, Witnesses to the Unknown”
Type: C

92.
Location. Coldwater Kansas
Date: September 2 1954
Time: 2200
12-year old John Jacob Swaim had just finished driving a tractor when he saw a dark complexioned little man about the size of a 5-year old child, with pointed nose & ears, crouching about 20 ft away. The little man wore “shiny” clothing and carried 2-foot long cylinders on his back. He ran, apparently “floating,” to a 50 foot disc hovering 5 ft above the ground, jumped in, and took off without tilting the saucer, lights shone from windows as it flew off faster than a jet. At the site were found numerous pear shaped footprints 2” x 4.5”, with very narrow heels.

Humcat 1954-46
Source: Sheriff Floyd Hadley & Rev. Albert Baller
Type: B

93.
Location. Mourieras France
Date: September 10 1954
Time: 2030
While returning home, Antonie Mazaud met a person of normal stature, wearing a helmet without earflaps, who shook his hands smiling, while pronouncing unintelligible words. The man then climbed into his cigar shaped craft, 15, or 20 ft long, and took off vertically, with a sound like a bee’s buzz.

Humcat 1954-47
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

94.
Location. Quarouble France
Date: September 10 1954
Time: 2230
Hearing his dogs barking, Marius Dewilde went out and saw a dark mass on the railroad track, less than 6 yards away. On hearing footsteps, he turned his flashlight on the path, where he saw 2 very short beings (less than 3.5 ft) wearing “diver’s suits.” No arms could be seen. He approached within 6 ft, when he was blinded and paralyzed by a brilliant light emanating from the mass of the tracks. The two creatures went toward the object. When the beam of paralyzing light went out, he ran towards the track, but the object was now rising, emitting a “thick dark steam” and a low whistling sound. It became red luminous and flew away. On the railroad ties where found 5 imprints; it was calculated that a 30-ton weight would have been necessary to produce them. Recent information uncovered about the case indicates that Dewilde found after the craft took off a mysterious metallic black box. He took the box home and attempted to open it, without telling local police about it. After several failed attempts he finally gave up and hid the black box inside a carton. According to Dewilde shortly after this several French Air Force officers who somehow knew about the existence of the black box and took possession of it visited him.

Humcat 1954-48
Source: Aime Michel
Type: C

95.
Location. Near Quarouble Nord France
Date: September 12 1954
Time: afternoon
A merchant, traveling at the wheel of his van during the late afternoon, saw a disk with a cupola descending vertically and hovering near a grove, about 50 meters from the road. Several persons of human appearance could be seen in the forefront of the cupola. The witness stopped his vehicle and hurried on foot toward the object. He was suddenly stopped by a luminous beam from the machine, which paralyzed him on the spot. The object then took off vertically and moved away. The witness was then able to move freely.

Humcat 1954-15
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: A

96.
Location. Feurs, St Etienne, France
Date: September 15 1954
Time: night
Driving through a secondary road the witness vehicle breaks down. Soon a bright undescribed object lands very close to the car. A small being briefly is seen near the car, which runs away from the witnesses as they attempt to approach and communicate with him. The craft soon takes off. No other information.

HC addendum
Source: Figuet & J L Ruchon, Complete Ovni Dossier
Type: C

97.
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 Humanoid seen exiting UFO
High Strangeness Index: 6
ROS: 4
Comments: Among the numerous of accounts of small hairy humanoids seen in conjunction with landed UFOs during the French wave.

98.
Location. Cenon France
Date: September 17 1954
Time: 2230
Motorcycling after dark, Yves David felt a sensation like an electric shock, and became paralyzed. Ahead of him he could see an object 9 ft long and 3 ft high. From this emerged a little being much smaller than a man, clad in a “diving suit.” This being touched him on the shoulder, uttered some incomprehensible words, and returned to the dark object, which became green luminous & flew away, putting an end to the paralysis.

Humcat 1954-50
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B Humanoid seen exiting landed UFO
High Strangeness Index: 6
ROS: 8
Comments: This type of report describing a humanoid with direct contact with the witness was almost commonplace during the 1954 French wave. The being spoke in an unknown language.

99.
Location. Oberdorff France
Date: September 19 1954
Time: 2115
Louis Moll, a police officer, saw a bright light land on the heights; after landing, its luminosity decreased. It seemed as large as a small bus. The light became reddish, and he could see a black silhouette moving in front of it. Then it rose up again and went off.

Humcat 1954-51
Source: Aime Michel
Type: C

100.
Location. Santa Maria Airport Azores Islands
Date: September 20 1954
Time: 2300
Vitorino Monteiro, an airport guard, saw a bluish metallic pecan shaped object 5’ x 10’ land on 4 legs, with a hum or whine. In its nose was an orange light. There was a Plexiglas type section in the forward end, which contained the pilot. There were four pole-like appendages, two at each end, which supported parallel aerials. A blond man 5’10” tall, wearing a gray aviator suit got out of a door located in the Plexiglas section, he approached the witness & spoke in an unknown language; he understood neither Portuguese nor French. He patted the guard’s shoulder, got back into his craft, fastened safety belts, and took off, turning almost straight up.

Humcat 1954-52
Source: Robert D Gammell, Project Blue Book
Type: B

101.
Location. Near Brandsen Argentina
Date: September 20 1954
Time: late night
Two men that had been left stranded after they had driven their vehicle into a ditch watched a luminous object maneuvering over the area for at least an hour. Later the craft, which resembled a full moon, was seen to descend behind some nearby trees. Moments later the two men were approached by two short figures that seemed to glide just above the ground. These were described as humanoid, dressed in white, with large silvery helmets and flowing white capes. After observing the frightened witnesses, the beings glided towards the direction where the bright object had landed and vanished.

HC addition # 1325
Source: Hector P Anganuzzi, Historia de Los Platos
Voladores en Argentina
Type: C

102.
Location. Becard France
Date: September 24 1954
Time: 0900A
Miss Simone Geoffroy saw a flying saucer in a clearing; it was 35 ft in diameter, elongated, with a dome on top. Behind it stood a dark complexioned man wearing a uniform and a khaki skullcap, looking at her. She hastened away. Miss Gisele Fin, a shepherd, was led to the clearing by the barking of her 2 dogs; she had to restrain them from attacking the pilot, who had his back to her and was leaning on his craft. At the site afterwards was found a small green pill.

Humcat 1954-53
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: C

103.
Location. Almaseda Portugal
Date: September 24 1954
Time: 1000A
Cesar Cardoso Ferreira and 3 others saw two 8-foot tall giants clad in shiny metallic suits emerge from a cup shaped landed craft and gather flowers, shrubs, and twigs in a shiny box, then take off. They seemed to be inviting the witness aboard, but their language was not understood. After a few moments the tall humanoids boarded the craft, which ascended leaving a shiny wake behind.

Humcat 1954-54
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

104.
Location. Joinville-le-Pont, France
Date: September 25 1954
Time: 2135
Walking along the banks of the River Marne MP, and a friend see an object descend and land nearby without making any noise. Two humanoids about 1.10 m in height with their faces covered with hair exit the machine. A beam of light paralyzes both witnesses as one of the humanoids approaches MP and tare off his trousers (!). The two humanoids board their machine, which rises vertically and disappears at high speed.

HC addendum
Source: Michel Figuet
Type: B

105.
Location. Wattou, West Flanders, Belgium
Date: before September 26 1954
Time: night
The witness was returning to the village on his bicycle when he saw a landed saucer shaped object on a field. He approached the craft and hid in the undergrowth. He then observed two small men wearing helmets and carrying unknown instruments in their hands. The small figures had apparently come out of the object. They took something from the ground and the witness saw a flash of light spouting from one of the instruments, he then saw a screen in which he saw a face that appear to speak to him, but he heard nothing. The instruments then were dismantled by the little men and reloaded by one of the small men into the object. Both small figures then had an animated conversation between them, at times pointing towards the direction where the witness was hiding. Frightened the witness closed his eyes and was unable to move. When he reopened them, he saw one of the small men carrying a small branch and walking back into the saucer. As soon as the object rose, the witness ran from the area he was then struck by a powerful beam of light. He does not see the object depart.

HC addendum
Source: GESAG # 446, quoting Journalist Walter Cabu
Type: B

106.
Location. Chabeuil France
Date: September 26 1954
Time: 1430
Hearing her dogs barking & howling, Ms Lucette Leboeuf saw in a cornfield a “scarecrow,” which on approaching within 8 ft she saw it to be a “diving suit” of transparent plastic, 3.5 ft high. Inside it was visible a little man with large eyes. She could see no arms. When this began waddling toward her, she fled. A 4-meter disc was seen to rise up with a whistling sound & fly away. At the site was found an 11-foot circle of broken down bushes. Ms Leboeuf was in bed for 2 days.

Humcat 1954-55
Source: Aime Michel
Type: C

107.
Location. Challes Airport, Savoie, France
Date: September 26 1954
Time: night
Minutes after a sighting above a local radio station a short humanoid in a diver suit was seen by a Mr. Guyard at the Challes Airport. The being wadded quickly toward and got into a saucer-shaped craft. A ten foot circle was found at the landing site.

HC addendum
Source: Aime Michel, Flying Saucers & The Straight Line Mystery
Type: B

108.
Location. Figeac France
Date: September 27 1954
Time: 0840A
In Figeac, several children saw a “metallic box” on the ground, and “an unknown man” standing nearby. The object took off. No other information.

Humcat 1954-56
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

109.
Location. Lassus-Perpignan France
Date: September 27 1954
Time: 1500
A boy who had started out for high school came home trembling with fear; he said he had seen a round object land & that 2 grotesque little creatures had emerged from it, but after a few minutes re-entered the object, which flew off. The witness was in a state of shock.

Humcat 1954-57
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

110.
Location. Premanon France
Date: September 27 1954
Time: 2030
Four children saw a ball of fire hovering in a meadow and 2 “tin ghosts,” shaped “like a lump of sugar split at the bottom.” Raymond Romand, 12, threw pebbles at one; on going to touch it, he was flung to the ground by an ice-cold force. A 12-foot circle of flattened grass was found at the site.

Humcat 1954-58
Source: Aime Michel
Type: C

111.
Location. St. Amand-Montrond, Cher, France
Date: September 28 1954
Time: 2230
Vineyard owner Mr. Mercier had noticed that someone had been stealing grapes from the vines so one night he decided to stay up late and catch the “thieves”. This night he was amazed to see a luminous mass fall from the sky about 50 meters away and found himself paralyzed as three figures emerged from the light and move about. He then lost consciousness. When he came to his senses everything had vanished.

Humcat 1954-59
Source: Aime Michel
Type: C

112.
Location. Near Toulouse Haute Garonne France
Date: September 30 1954
Time: 0130A
Two unidentified witnesses observed two brilliant disc shaped objects suspended near the ground, several meters from one another. Two little men about the same size as a 12-year old were seen approaching one another as if to converse; they then separated, each one returning to its prospective vehicle, into which both seemed to “melt.” The figures seemed to be dressed in aluminum outfits. No further details were noted, as the witnesses were approximately 400 meters distant. After the entities disappeared into the objects, they ascended and flew off at very high speed.

Humcat 1954-18
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: B

113.
Location. Dearborn Michigan
Date: September 30 1954
Time: 0445A
Driving to his work at a laundry, Lawrence Cardenas, aged forty-five, slowed down his car at a traffic light at 0445A. To the right was a field through which a road was being driven. Close to the derricks, Cardenas was dumbfounded to see about fifteen little men who were speaking an unknown tongue. They were around 5-feet 4 inches tall, in dark green uniforms, had on their heads tightly fitting skullcaps, with pointed peaks in front. A larger entity, in a brown uniform, about six inches taller than the rest, seemed to be addressing them. All wore heavy goggles over their eyes, and what looked like oxygen cylinders on their shoulders. Dawn was breaking, no other car was in sight, and Cardenas had just started up the car, when he was even more startled, he says, to see some 250 feet away, a big oval thing resting on the grass, with colored lights on its upper surface, flickering on and off. It seemed about twelve feet high, and had smoothly finned sides suggestive of a seashell. He was not scared, but did not wish to be late for work and drove on. The entities seemed quite friendly, and curious about their surroundings.

HC addendum
Source: Harold T. Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored
Quoting newspaper sources
Type: C

114.
Location. Chereng, Nord, France
Date: September 30 1954
Time: afternoon
10-year old Jean Claude Delmotte is walking along a path at the edge of the Chereng forest when he suddenly sees a dark spherical object about 300 meters away, which soon becomes yellow-orange in color. The yellow light becomes more intense and bright. The sphere then takes off on a vertical flight path emitting a weak noise and emitting sparks. Later the witness and two friends find strange prints on the ground at the site of the observation, described as resembling those of “webbed feet” about 16cm in length. The ground was soon trampled by horse carts.

HC addendum
Source: Figuet/Ruchon Dossier Ovni 1979
Type: C?

115.
Location. Marcilly-sur-Vienne France
Date: September 30 1954
Time: 1630
Georges Gatay, a construction worker, while working in a gravel pit, encountered a man wearing gray coveralls, whose head was covered with an opaque helmet coming down to his chest, on which was a light projector. In his hand was a rod-like object. Behind the man was a large shining dome hovering 3 ft above the ground; above the cupola were rotating blades. The man suddenly vanished, and the saucer rose jerkily with a whistle, and then disappeared in a blue haze. During the experience Gatay felt paralyzed. So did his 7 co-workers, who had seen the same thing. Gatay suffered from headaches & insomnia for a week.

Humcat 1954-61
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

116.
Location. Unnamed American military base, United States
Date: October 1954
Time: various
The witness reported seeing a metallic saucer shaped object land nearby. A human looking being emerged from it, picked up some pebbles, earth and grass, and took a nest from a bush. The being went back into the craft, which took off at incredible speed and vanished. A few days later the saucer landed in the middle of the airfield, its human like pilot emerged and appeared to inspect it. As several men approached the craft the man straightened up, saw them and apparently immobilized them with some unknown gas. The after watching the witnesses for a moment he walked around the saucer, climbed into a kind of “cigar” which was parked next to the saucer and took off vertically. The witnesses were again able to move. As they neared the object a short stocky hairy being, ape like in appearance with glowing eyes, ran from it and disappeared into the brush. The saucer was apparently left on the ground and was recovered by the American military.

HC addition # 3343
Source: Timothy Good, Alien Base quoting Jean Sider
Type: B & H?

117.
Location. Chatellerault & Bugeat France
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Two men, at separate locations 120 miles away, allege independently that normal looking beings approached them, kissed them, jabbered unintelligibly, and then got into cigar shaped objects, 10 feet long, and took off.

HC addition # 3373
Source: Harold T Wilkins, Flying Saucers Uncensored
Type: B

118.
Location. Binghampton New York
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Walking across the Eli golf course searching for mushrooms, Larry White encountered a landed UFO with two human occupants standing along side it. They were dressed in metallic colored snowsuits. They conversed with White in English with a foreign accent. They told him they learned languages by means of computerized analysis of basic sounds, “formed into a type of universal graph or code.” They would intervene and “take over” in the event of an atomic war, but would take nothing from us by conquest. They asked White if he wanted to visit their home planet; he demurred, not wishing to end up as a “human guinea pig in a laboratory.” The object was round and saucer shaped, with a glass like tube or ring around the perimeter, through which moved an expanding and contracting coil. The object “was powered by an electro magnetic turbine which takes its power from the elements around it.” The beings took some ground samples and then departed. Next day, White saw police officers examining a ring of burnt soil four feet wide and 14 feet in diameter at the site. The local newspaper reportedly carried a story on the traces, although the witness did not divulge his contact until 20 years later.

Humcat 1954-19
Source: Carl Davidson & Richard Hall
Type: B

119.
Location. Soissons France
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
Father & son see landed metallic saucer shaped object, and then sees a little man climb the ladder into object. Ladder retracts and the object shoots up & high speed.

HC addition # 2400
Source: LDLN # 319
Type: B

120.
Location. North Queensland Australia
Date: October 1954
Time: unknown
In a remote area a man was inspecting sheep on horseback when he heard a whirring sound. He then saw six white elliptical shaped objects that descended and landed ¾ of a mile away. A dozen “men” wearing uniforms emerged from the objects and re-entered them after noticing the witness. The witness then blacked out and had a “vision” of a future event. No other information.

HC addition # 1157
Source: Mark Moravec, Psiufo Phenomena
Type: B

121.
Location. Near Metz, France
Date: October 1954
Time: 0500A
Factory worker Pierre Bardou was walking on his way to work when he saw in front of him a small monk-like figure wearing a dark smock that chanted in a bizarre “crystalline” voice, absurd verses and poems. The figure suddenly disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Regional Catalogue
Type: E

122.
Location. Vellenueve-sur-Lot France
Date: October 1954
Time: noon
A metallic saucer shaped object was seen landing silently near a river. A small humanoid emerged from the object and filled a bottle with water from the river. He quickly leaves.

HC addition # 2401
Source: Figeut Ruchon, Ovni Dossier
Type: B

123.
Location. Semons France
Date: October 1954
Time: 2200
A farmer saw a landed disc shaped object on a pasture. When the calves in a nearby field start bleating, a small human like figure was seen running into the object. The object then quickly departs.

HC addition # 2402
Source: LDLN # 319.
Type: B

124.
Location. Albias, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Date: October 1954
Time: night
The witness observes a spherical object land silently on tripod-like landing gear. Three short humanoids are briefly seen moving around the object. The UFO then rises vertically and takes a horizontal trajectory quickly disappearing from sight.

HC addendum
Source: Michel Figuet
Type: C

125.
Location. Braunstone Firth England
Date: October or November 1954
Time: 2300
A Mrs. Creswell, together with her mother, observed an object moving slowly over the rooftops in the back of their house. Moving with a slight roll, it was shaped like two deep saucers rim-to-rim and displayed three-square windows around the central edge facing the women. In the whitish glow form within, they saw a slim humanoid figure, 5 to 6’ tall, dressed in a black one-piece suit. Framed in the window to their right, the lower half of this figure’s body was not visible; his hands seemed to be resting in front of him on what may have been controls. He wore a balaclava like headpiece and stared from the window at the women with “eyes that seemed to penetrate.”

Humcat 1954-32
Source: Graham Hall, NUFON News # 48
Type: A

126.
Location. Near Lugescourt Somme France
Date: October 1 1954
Time: 1645
Two young men were bicycling when they saw on the road, 500 ft ahead, a beehive-shaped orange object about 9 ft in diameter and 6 ft high. Then they saw a being of small stature dressed in a diving suit, which ran rapidly around the object. It took off without sound when the witnesses were 150 ft away.

Humcat 1954-16
Source: J. Guieu in Black Out
Type: C

127.
Location. Jussey France
Date: October 1 1954
Time: 1900
Two young men saw a luminous white disk moving in the sky. It dived to the ground, and 2 very tall men dressed in white emerged from it and made gestures. The witnesses ran away in fear.

Humcat 1954-62
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

128.
Location. La Rouliere France
Date: October 1 1954
Time: 2000
Near Saint Jean d’Angely, two executives, Estier & Phelippeau, who were driving back from Royan, saw a little man crossing the road in front of their car. Having stopped, they saw the figure disappear into the woods.

Humcat 1954-63
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: E

129.
Location. Jonches, France
Date: October 2 1954
Time: unknown
Two humanoid creatures were seen on the ground, and 2 hours later a luminous red object at very low altitude was observed at the same spot. No other information.

Humcat 1954-64
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: D

130.
Location. Croix d’Epine France
Date: October 2 1954
Time: 2000
Ernest Delattre, 19, a mechanic, was riding home on his motor scooter when an egg shaped object, brilliantly illuminated, landed on the left side of the road 15 meters away. He saw short, dark shapes, “like potato bags” moving about the object. He sped up, 7 saw the object, the size of a small bus, taking off while its color changed from orange to blue. The witness fainted while telling his story. The object was observed by 2 other witnesses.

Humcat 1954-65
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

131.
Location. Near Saint Amand-les-Eaux Nord France
Date: October 3 1954
Time: 0015A
About 15 minutes after midnight, a metallurgy worker, Marcel Senechal, was riding his bicycle on a canal towpath when he heard voices; in a nearby meadow he saw a spherical object some 3 meters in diameter near which were two beings, one meter tall, who were talking to one another. Their heads were very large and their outfits luminous. The witness fled. Next morning he reported it to the gendarmes who were unable to find any traces when they returned to the site.

Humcat 1954-20
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: C

132.
Location. Bressuire Deux Sevres France
Date: October 3 1954
Time: 0545A
M. Angelo Girardo was traveling by motor scooter to his work at Bressuire when he noticed a luminous craft, “like a cask standing upright in the grass.” A man of small stature, dressed in a dark uniform without helmet, was standing beside the object; he gesticulated toward Girardo, who sped away. When he looked back, object and man had disappeared.

Humcat 1954-17
Source: Jimmy Guieu, Black Out
Type: C

133.
Location. Lac La Pause Quebec Canada
Date: October 3 1954
Time: 1600
A man canoeing in a local lake suddenly felt a prickling sensation on his back and saw the water boiling around him. Looking up he saw a bronze colored oval shaped craft. The object flew over and landed near the shore, two small men with transparent headgear and white rubber suits emerged from the object, they had steel like claws and gathered up some vegetation before leaving, at one point they made some gargling sounds.

HC addition # 34
Source: John Brent Musgrave, UFO Occupants & Critters
Type: B

134.
Location. Athus, Luxembourg
Date: October 3 1954
Time: 1600
Mrs. E. and her two young children had decided to go for a short walk in the direction of a small brook in a forested area. The walk usually lasted for an hour but on this date they came back 3 hours later and were met by a worried husband. However they had no further recollection of what had transpired. Years later their memory returned and on that afternoon they remembered seeing a large dark object on the ground next to the river. Thinking that it was a helicopter in trouble the group approached when they noticed standing near the machine a group of 4 to 5 small beings, about 1.10 to 1.50m in height, which seemed to be discussing something between them. At this point the witnesses realized that the beings were not human. At this point their memory becomes hazy and can only recall that a slightly taller humanoid seems to be directing the smaller beings. A group of the small creatures approach the witnesses from the woods walking in Indian file. At this point what appears to be a gray sphere falls from the sky and lands next to the witnesses, incredibly the sphere resembles a “round smooth head, covered with a cap, with very deep eyes without pupils” and appears to float without a visible body supporting it. The period following becomes increasingly confusing. Finally the family remembers seeing the creatures entering the landed object one by one. The “floating head” nonchalantly supported itself by the opened door while the beings re-entered the object one by one. Before entering the object the last humanoid made a warning hand gesture to the witnesses, which suddenly felt a strong gust of hot air, which obliged them to close their eyes and lower their heads. The craft had now disappeared. The witnesses further describe the beings as having large heads, long arms, wearing gray combination suits with caps.

HC addendum
Source: Franck Boitte
Type: B or G?

135.
Location. Near Vron France
Date: October 3 1954
Time: 1845
Two young cyclists, Bernard Devoisin and Rene Coudette, both 18, saw in the middle of the road an orange luminous object of “haystack” shaped, 3 yards wide & 2 yards high. Approaching to within 70 yards, they observed a being “the height of a child, dressed like a diver,” which entered the UFO. The craft took off without a sound.

Humcat 1954-66
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

136.
Location. Marcoing France
Date: October 3 1954
Time: night
Bakers apprentice Serge Pochet was approached by 2 small shadowy entities, about 3-feet tall. No other information.

Humcat 1954-67
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper reports
Type: E?

137.
Location. Chaleix France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: unknown
M. Garreau, who was regarded as trustworthy by local residents, saw a round flying object, the size of a small truck, shaped somewhat like a cauldron. It landed in his field, and a door slid open. Two “normal” men in brown coveralls came out. They looked like Europeans and shook hands with Garreau. Then they asked, “Paris? North?” The poor farmer was so taken aback that he did not answer. The two men stroked his dog and flew away.

Humcat 1954-68
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: B

138.
Location. Saint Pardoux France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: 0810A
M. Lacambre, a forester, reported seeing at the edge of a brook a little man 3’2” tall, wearing wide brown leather girdle, boots, and a slip. Under each arm the small entity carried an object in the shape of a pear. Surprised, the witness runs back to his cabin and grabs a shotgun. Upon returning he sees the small being, bending over the brook drinking water from his hands, it then collects some stones, which he puts in his belt and when Mr. Lacambre approaches to within 12 meters from the humanoid he hears the humanoid emit a sound similar to “ortou” or “ortin”. The humanoid then flies up vertically and disappears. Footprints were found at the site.

Humcat 1954-72
Source: Figuet/Ruchon 1979
Type: E

139.
Location. Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: morning
The witness was on his bicycle exploring the river edge when suddenly he heard a man calling him, who stood by a thicket close to him. At first he ignored the man but he called for him again. He stopped and asked him want he wanted. He did not answer, but beckoned for him to approach. With hesitation he advanced towards the man and at this point noticed what he was wearing. He wore a brown aviator suit, boots and in his hand held something resembling a gas mask. He beckoned the witness to follow him to a nearby field. Astonished but curious, he followed him with a certain apprehension. As he arrived at the field he saw what appeared to be a disc-shaped craft on the ground. Frozen with fright he wanted to flee, but his legs did not obey him and he stayed there, stunned as if in a dream. The man standing next to smiled at him with a mocking face. He described the object as a translucent disc, about ten meters in diameter by two meters in height approximately. It was surmounted by a kind of transparent cupola. A door opened on the smooth surface making the interior of the machine visible. On the inside walls there well all sorts of bizarre apparatuses. In the center there was a circular table covered with levels buttons and lit with green lights. The machine rested on three retractable legs. At this point he noticed on the hull odd sings painted in black, which did not correspond to any letter or languages or dialects on earth. Amazed he looked at the man who was still there smiling at him. At this point he spoke to the witness in French, with a strange accent. He told him not to be frightened, that he wasn’t going to harm him. He then told the witness that he was from another world. He then added, ‘Do not be astonished that I speak your language, our civilization, is much more advanced than yours. We know all about the wars that plague your planet (and the ones to come) and is for this reason that for some time our aircraft have been flying over your world”. He then continued, “Your nuclear weapons tests worry us. We fear for the peace of the solar system of which your Earth if part of. If another World War would start we would intervene. Any attempt of destruction would be stopped and annihilated by means unknown by your science. We hope that we will never have to intervene.” The strange briefing finished with these words. The extraterrestrial then walked toward his saucer at the same time putting on the helmet that he was carrying. He saluted the witness with his hand and then entered the object. The door slid close without a sound and suddenly a pale yellow light illuminated the saucer. A sort of whistling escaped from openings located all around the saucer. It then rose gently vertically like a helicopter ten meters from the ground. The landing gear disappeared, it then moved slowly gaining altitude and reaching a vertiginous speed it disappeared from sight.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider, France
Type: B

140.
Location. Villers-le-Tilleul France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: 1840
10-year old Eliane Berteaux had just led the cows to pasture and was returning in her moped when she saw some meters to her left what appeared to be a metallic tent. While she approached she saw a trap door being raised to the top of the object, which was really an object resembling a large egg. It rested on the ground on a rectangular base. The trap door measured about 1 m in height and 60 cm in width. A small humanoid then appeared. It jumped to the ground. On his head he wore a large square helmet. It had very piercing eyes and arms that hung on its sides. It wore a russet red color outfit. The humanoid moved towards the witness and this one ran away in fear. In the same area, Antoine Barrois, 70 years of age saw a red luminous object rise from the ground. .

Humcat 1954-73
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

141.
Location. Near Taupignac Charente Maritimes France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: 1930
Three unidentified people were returning to Brueillet when near Taupignac, they observed a red luminous object hovering over a nearby wood. They stopped the car and got out, observing a round device about 6 meters in diameter, hovering motionless about 10 or 12 meters above the ground. After a few seconds it moved off horizontally, and then descended into a small wooded area. Taking with them flashlights, two of the riders entered the woods; in a clearing they discovered the object, around which four little beings of one-meter height were busying themselves. As the two witnesses approached, the beings quickly entered the object, which emitted blue, then orange, and then red lights, dazzling them. It ascended quickly without any noise.

Humcat 1954-21
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: B

142.
Location. Megrit France
Date: October 4 1954
Time: 2200
M. Leherisse observed a flat, luminous, metallic looking object, 7, or 8 ft wide, hovering 150 ft above a garage. He could see dark forms moving about like shadows in the lighted mass. As he approached it, the object rapidly moved away.

Humcat 1954-74
Source: Aime Michel
Type: A

143.
Location. Loctudy France
Date: October 5 1954
Time: 0400A
Baker’s assistant Pierre Lucas was drawing water from a well when he saw a ball of fire descend, resting on 3 feet, across the road. There emerged a 4-foot tall being with a hairy face and eyes the size of crow’s eggs, wearing a helmet from which antenna like wires protruded. This being tapped Lucas on the shoulder and uttered incomprehensible words. Lucas ran for his boss, but when the baker came out there was nothing.

Humcat 1954-75
Source: Jacques Vallee
Type: B

144.
Location. Mertrud France
Date: October 5 1954
Time: 0715A
Road mender Andre Narcy was motorcycling to work when he noticed an orange colored object in a field. Approaching, he saw it to be a 10-meter disc with a large dome on top. He walked up to within 100 yards, and observed a 4-foot tall being dressed in a very hairy overcoat. Narcy called to him, but he re-entered the craft and took off, causing an extensive “wash.” At the spot the grass was found crushed within a 3-meter square, and had a milky color. 12 parallel tracks of spherical prints were also found.

Humcat 1954-70
Source: Jacques Vallee Type: B

145.
Location. Wassy, France
Date: October 5 1954 Time: morning
A golden-orange sphere with a dome on top plunged to the ground and bounced several times across a field this morning. The witness, Mr. G. Oldut, saw a one-meter tall dwarf emerge and then re-enter the craft. It rose up into the sky and disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: David F Webb & Ted Bloecher HUMCAT, quoting
Paris Radar October 17 1954
Type: B

146.
Location. Roverbella, Mantova, Italy
Date: October 5 1954
Time: night
A fisherman claimed to have seen a mysterious creature which was dressed in a red suit and spoke to him in an incomprehensible language. Another rumor, reportedly originating from an anonymous location in the province of Mantua, involved the landing of a “Martian” craft witnessed by a boy. The boy threw a stone at the metallic object, and then a rubber tipped arrow. In both instances he heard a metallic sound.

Humcat 1954-69
Source: Jacques Vallee
Type: E

147.
Location. Near Ann Arbor Michigan
Date: October 5 1954
Time: night
After contacting supposed extraterrestrials on short wave radio, Richard Miller was instructed to go to an isolated location near the city. After 15 minutes a disc shaped object appeared and landed nearby. A doorway opened in the base of the vehicle and a staircase descended. He then saw at the head of the stairway a young man dressed in a brown one-piece outfit. He beckoned Miller to enter the object, which he did. He found himself standing in a large circular hallway, which seemed to encircle the whole craft. The young man radiated of friendliness, which put Miller at ease. Miller was then taken to a control room where he met the “alien” commander, Soltec that greeted him in perfect English. He was then given a message of love for the human race & told that we were not ready for contact.

HC addition # 2867
Source: Andy Page UFO
Type: G

148.
Location. Rethel, Ardennes France
Date: October 6 1954
Time: 0030A
30-year old mechanic Joseph Roy was returning on National Highway 51 from Reims to his home at Rethel, a distance of 25 km, on his motorcycle. When he noticed ahead of him a sharp and reddish gleam which suddenly disappeared, arriving at the point where he had seen the gleam he noticed an odd object in the field, about 3 meters in length, having the form of a large shell, with several portholes on the front. He is then able to distinguish a vague silhouette, but seized with fright, he fled the area. Three other workmen reported seeing the same gleam in the area.

Humcat 1954-23
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: C

149.
Location. Cozes Charente Maritime France
Date: October 6 1954
Time: 2330
An unidentified woman, riding a bicycle from Bordeaux to Royan, saw in a field at Cozes an object shaped like a turtle, surmounted by a cupola. It emitted first an orange light, then green, dimming and brightening alternately. Two human forms appeared nearby, one of which carried a shaft or rod and seemed to be looking for something. A violet light from the object illuminated the beings and the woman was able to make out two small human like faces behind the faceplates in their helmets. But instead of noses, she could see only two small holes just above the mouth; and instead of the two usual eyes, she saw a single eye in the middle of the forehead. Letting out a scream, the object (and the two beings, presumably) disappeared emitting a slight hum.

Humcat 1954-22
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: C

150.
Location. Near Mendionde Basses Pyrenees France
Date: October 7 1954
Time: morning
M. Manes Cuesurtia, a Basque, going to work, discovered in a prairie two red mushroom shaped objects about 6 ft in diameter. Beside them were standing two little men only 2.5 ft tall, who made signs to the witness to approach. After uttering some incomprehensible sentences, the little men indicated by signs that M Cuesurtia should enter one of the vehicles. They entered the other one, and flew off vertically without sound. The witness approached the remaining UFO and saw inside it a third little man; the door was suddenly shut in his face, and the object flew of like the other one, displacing a slight current of air. Traces were found; the grass of the prairie was crushed down and yellowed.

Humcat 1954-25
Source: M Itehova for Sud Quest Newspaper
Type: A & B

151.
Location. Dommartin Oise France
Date: October 7 1954
Time: 0700A
A 12-year old girl, said that as she was going alone to Dommartin she saw a flying saucer fly close over her, and that form it came “2 strange beings armed with long knives,” who departed without having touched the ground. The girl was put into a hysterical state, but nevertheless some attributed her story to imagination.

Humcat 1954-24
Source: Alain Gamard
Type: B

152.
Location. Hennezis France
Date: October 7 1954
Time: 1830
Claude, 10, and Francoise, 9, Lansselin saw a red luminous object resembling a “red egg,” on the ground; Claude also saw two men clad in black and appearing normal looking descend from the object. The witnesses left the scene.

Humcat 1954-71
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B

153.
Location. Metz France
Date: October 8 1954
Time: unknown
A road worker was on his way home when he encountered an immobile dark mass near the ground. The dark mass emitted powerful beams of light. Through an opening the witness saw a weak light and several vague moving silhouettes. Frightened he ran to the village to notify the police. The object had disappeared when the witness returned with others.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Catalogue Regional
Type: A

154.
Location. Tehran Iran
Date: October 8 1954
Time: 0230A
Ghaseme Fili saw a luminous white flying object that stopped about 20 meters away. Inside it he could see a small man dressed in black clothing and wearing on his head a mask shaped like an elephant’s trunk. Then Fili “felt as though I were being drawn up to the object, as though by a magnet.” He cried out in terror, and the object shot straight upward, emitting sparks.

Humcat 1954-77
Source: FSR Vol. 13 # 2
Type: A

155.
Location. Sassari Sardinia
Date: October 8 1954
Time: 0700A
A white luminous kite-like object circled the area; looking like “an oval sail,” it came down to 5 ft above the ground, 60 ft away. Attached to it was a man dressed in black and wearing a helmet; “this pilot guided his vessel like a sailor, swinging back & forth.” “As soon as he saw men,” said the shepherd Giuseppe Mimia, “he threw some pamphlets that I was unable to read.” After circling several times he sailed away. The owner of the sheep pen confirmed the findings of some pamphlets in a language unknown to him.

Humcat 1954-78
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: E?

156.
Location. St Claud Charente France
Date: October 8 1954
Time: 2300
M Puygelier, 24, a chauffeur, was driving to St Claud when, 1/3 mile from the town, he saw a luminous egg-shaped UFO descend, oscillate for a few seconds, and finally land behind a hedge a few yards from the road. He drove on to St Claud, but returned with another witness. The UFO was no longer present, but at the site they saw a human silhouette standing motionless on the roadside gravel. The next morning, a strip of burnt grass 10 ft long was found at the spot, and around it the grass was much trodden down.

Humcat 1954-26
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: D

157.
Location. Huy Belgium
Date: October 9 1954
Time: unknown
A mail carrier saw a cigar shaped object with 2 “roughly human” silhouettes aboard. It rose into the sky as he approached. No other information.

Humcat 1954-79
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: A

158.
Location. Carcassonne France
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 1600
Driving near Carcassonne, Jean Bertrand saw a bright metallic sphere on the road ahead. The top half seemed to be made of transparent plastic, and 2 human like figures were standing inside. It took off rapidly, flying east.

Humcat 1954-80
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: A

159.
Location. Pournoy-la-Chetive France
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 1830
Gilbert Calda, 12, with 3 younger children, was roller-skating when “a round shiny machine came down very close to us. Out of it came a kind of man, 4-feet tall, dressed in a black sack like a cassock. His head was hairy, and he had big eyes. “He said things to me that we couldn’t understand, and we ran away. When we stopped and looked back, the machine was going up into the sky very fast.”

Humcat 1954-81
Source: Jimmy Guieu
Type: B

160.
Location. Rinkerode Germany
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 1900
Willi Hoge, a projectionist, saw a cigar shaped object hovering about 6 ft above the ground and emitting a blinding blue luminosity. Beneath it were 4 dwarfs about 3.5 high, with large heads, squat bodies, and spindly legs, wearing rubber like clothing. He watched for 10 minutes and got to within a few yards. After ten minutes the beings entered their craft by means of a ladder, and it rose vertically.

Humcat 1954-83
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

161.
Location. Lavoux France
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 1900
Roger Barrault, bicycling in the dusk, found himself confronting a humanoid about 4.5 ft tall, dressed in a “diver’s suit.” Its feet “had no heels” & its helmeted head looked like a shaggy bunch of hair out of which shone dazzling eyes. Two lights, like very bright headlights, one above the other, were on its front. It moved along the road for a minute and disappeared in the woods.

Humcat 1954-82
Source: Aime Michel
Type: E

162.
Location. Cloyes-sur-le-Loir France
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 1930
Witness sees a two-meter fireball land on the road. A dark human silhouette is then seen standing in front of it. The witness is paralyzed and feels fear. No other information.

HC addition # 2436
Source: Figeut/Ruchon Ovni Dossier
Type: C

163.
Location. Briatexte France
Date: October 9 1954
Time: 2030
Jean Pierre Mitto was driving near Briatexte with his 2 cousins when they perceived 2 small beings the size of 11 or 12-year-old children crossing the road in front of the car; he braked to a stop. Immediately they saw a red glowing disc rise straight up into the sky from an adjoining field. Traces were found.

Humcat 1954-84
Source: Aime Michel, quoting Local Police
Type: C

164.
Location. Marville-Moutier France
Date: October 10 1954
Time: 0615A
Michel Toutain was driving his moped towards Blanville when it suddenly stops and does not advance; seemingly stuck in inertia, in spite of all the efforts by Michel the moped did not budge. He checks the engine and then notices about 500 meters to his right, a luminous object, resembling a red sphere, with a green upper section resembling the lid on a boiler. He sees a cockpit with four silhouettes standing inside. A light within the cockpit turns on at first becoming green, then pink and as the object disappears gaining altitude it becomes white and then blue. As the object disappears from a sight, a luminous ball seems to detach itself from it and travels in a different direction. A second witness, Mr. Josse saw the object depart.

HC addendum
Source: Figuet, J L Ruchon
Type: A

165.
Location. Forges-les-Eaux, Seine-Maritime, France
Date: October 10 1954
Time: morning
Guard forester, Mr. Flechelle and an Italian contractor residing in Forges, Mr. Antoine X, whose last name was not revealed, were in the woods of Epinay not far from the clay pigeon shooting range. They suddenly saw a mysterious machine, which landed in the site reversed from the shooting range. Three hairy men of small size came out, and one of them put his arm on the shoulder of Mr. Flechelle. A photographer was later called to take a photograph of the landing site of the object, which had disappeared without leaving any traces.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider quoting “La Depeche du Pays de Bray”
Type; B

166.
Location. Quarouble France
Date: October 10 1954
Time: 1130A
Marius Dewilde (involved in a previous encounter) and his 4-year old son were walking near his home. Suddenly Dewilde saw a disc-shaped object on the ground on some nearby railroad tracks, about 50 meters away. Walking cautiously towards the craft Dewilde noticed a rectangular shaped aperture at the base of the cupola and a row of windows. Several humanoids stood around the object. One of them, who appeared to be the leader, approached Dewilde and his son, while they stood several meters from the craft. The humanoid (leader) was about 1.20m in height, and wore a helmet equipped with a transparent faceplate. His facial features were Asiatic. He had a protruding chin and pointed cheeks, the hair was jet-black in color its eyes were brown and its skin was bronzed. In a friendly gesture the humanoid caressed Dewilde’s son, whom Dewilde was carrying in his arms, the humanoid then tapped Dewilde on his back several times, smiling as he did and then pronounced several unintelligible words. Immediately afterwards the humanoid grabbed a chicken, which he gave to one of the other humanoids. The humanoid again caressed Dewilde’s son and slapped Dewilde’s back and then climbed onboard the object. A metallic panel closed the door and the object took off vertically and disappearing towards the east.

Humcat 1954-85
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

167.
Location. Clamecy-Sassier, France
Date: October 11 1954
Time: 0430A
While driving, Henri Gallois & Louis Vigneron felt something like an electric shock, which paralyzed them; at the same time the motor stalled and the headlights went out. Then they saw, 50 yards away, a cylindrical object. 3 small figures, making lively movements & gestures, were seen to enter the saucer, which flew off; the headlights went back on, & they could move again.

Humcat 1954-86
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

168.
Location. Taupignac France
Date: October 11 1954
Time: 1930
Three anonymous residents of Bordeaux got out of their car to observe an orange luminous disc, 20 ft in diameter, hovering over the ground. Walking, they then found it on the ground, with 4 little creatures 3 ft tall engaged in some kind of activity. When they got within 50 ft these beings rushed into the object, which then emitted dazzling blue, orange, and red light, and left the ground at “terrifying” speed.

Humcat 1954-87
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

169.
Location. Los Angeles California
Date: October 12 1954
Time: unknown
A witness who refused to give his name said that he had seen a flying saucer land in MacArthur Park and “a little man in a white suit get out.” A truck then came and carried away both the saucer and the little man.

Humcat 1954-88
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: H?

170.
Location. Vernose-en-Annonay Ardeche France
Date: October 12 1954
Time: 0620A
Yvonne S, on her way to work on foot, saw a luminous white sphere descend from the sky and hover over her pathway on a hillside, about 70 meters ahead and 50 meters above the ground. She could see inside, as though the walls were transparent, two human forms like men dressed in one piece suits, one larger than the other. The object shot off at great speed, and then returned to the same spot; it did this once more, at which time Yvonne was only 50 meters distant, then sped away for good. When she passed by the spot over which the object had hovered, she was greatly frightened. She arrived at work in a highly agitated state. 48 hours later she was required to see a physician, who prescribed a sedative for her. A few days later, the woman’s toenails had begun to dry and harden, and subsequently fell off. Those on her left foot were particularly affected. The malady, which remained a mystery to doctors, persisted for the next 20 years.

Humcat 1954-27
Source: Jean Louis Ruchon
Type: A

171.
Location. Mamora Forest Morocco
Date: October 12 1954
Time: afternoon
A French engineer driving to Port Lyautey saw a dwarf 4 ft tall wearing silver coveralls, which entered a landed metallic object that soon took off. No other information.

Humcat 1954-89
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

172.
Location. Carcassonne, France
Date: October 12 1954
Time: 1600
The witness, a mechanic, watched a spherical object flying at a low altitude over the area; its lower part appeared to be made out of a shiny metal and the top half transparent plastic. Two human like figures could be seen standing inside the object, which disappeared at very high speed.

HC addition # 253
Source: Jean Luc Rivera, Mufon Journal # 130
Type: A

173.
Location. Montlucon France
Date: October 12 1954
Time: evening
M Laugere, a railway employee, saw a 12-foot long metallic torpedo resting beside a diesel oil tank. Nearby was a man “either covered with hair or wearing a long, hairy overcoat.” Laugere asked him what he wanted; the reply was not understood, but he thought he heard the word “gasohol.” Laugere went to report to the stationmaster, but before he had gone 100 yards the machine took off.

Humcat 1954-90
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

174.
Location. Orchamps-Vennes France
Date: October 12 1954
Time: 2100
Franzesko Beuc encountered, beside the road, a machine resembling a “4-CV” supported by 4 wheels 15” diameter. Nearby was a man slightly less than 5 ft tall, dressed in a leather jacket & wearing a helmet. The Beuc spoke to him, he jumped into the machine, which rolled 30 yards down the road, then took off into the sky.

Humcat 1954-91
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: B

175.
Location. Sainte-Marie d’Herblay France
Date: October 12 1954
Time: 2230
13-year old Gilbert Lelay was walking around outside, about half a mile away from his parent’s home when he saw, in a pasture, a machine he described as a “phosphorescent cigar.” Close to the object was a man wearing a gray suit, boots and a gray hat. In a familiar gesture, the man put his hand on Gilbert’s shoulder and told him in French: “Look but don’t touch.” In his other hand, the man held a sphere from which purple rays were emitted. Shortly thereafter, he climbed aboard the craft and shut the door with a clapping sound. Gilbert had time to something like a control console with numerous colored lights on it. The craft arose vertically, made a couple of loops while throwing light in all directions, and vanished.

Humcat 1954-92
Source: Jacques Vallee
Type: B

176.
Location. Keerbergen, Brabant, Belgium
Date: October 13 1954
Time: afternoon
A group of young boys, including one name Bastian, had been playing in a field and were now returning home. Bastian had briefly stopped to tie his shoelaces when he heard the others yelling in apparent fright. Looking up he saw a few hundred meters in the sky, above the fir trees, a very large round object, hovering motionless, or oscillating slightly over their heads. Initially immobilized by fear the boys now run and hide behind a coppice of young oaks, in which they hide lying on the ground. There was a strange quiet in the area, even the birds were silent. Slowly the object began to descend until it remained about 1 meter above the ground. The object was silvery in color, smooth, with several small windows around its circumference. On top it had what appeared to be a glass-like cupola. Suddenly three small humanoids appeared outside the object, no one sees them coming out of it. They resembled dwarfs and are about 1.20 m in height, wearing gray-green combination diver suits, topped with a huge round helmet with an opaque glass visor, which obscured their faces. As night fell one of the boys attempted to get up and flee but was suddenly struck down by an unseen force, making his legs tremble. Surprised, the humanoids look in their direction and boarded the object, which then began to oscillate. The object turns red in color and disappears in plain sight.

HC addendum
Source: Hubert Lampo, GESAG catalog # 1773
Type: B

177.
Location. Bourrasole France
Date: October 13 1954
Time: 1935
Mr. Olivier and Perano and a 3rd man saw a reddish disc about 12 ft in diameter, with a 4 foot being close by, wearing a “diving suit.” His head was large with respect to the body and he had 2 enormous eyes. The suit was bright & shiny like glass. A sort of misty glow surrounded the craft. One of the men came within 20 yards of it & found himself paralyzed. The craft took off, throwing him to the ground, and rose very fast.

Humcat 1954-93
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

178.
Location. Montimont, France
Date: October 13 1954
Time: night
Mr. Sadi Levy encountered in a field near this city two small beings encased in a green phosphorescence, with big eyes, and a small tail. Levy was in his vehicle and did not stop quickly driving away and stopping at a nearby café in order to obtain additional witnesses. No one returned to the site of the encounter. (One of the earliest reference to “little green men”).

HC addendum
Source: Martin Kottmeyer in Anomalist # 10
Quoting Jean Sider
Type: E

179.
Location. Island D’Oleron Bay of Biscay France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: unknown
A schoolmaster, Jules Martin, encountered two beautiful females wearing leather helmets, boots, and gloves. They wrote down some symbols on the sand before departing in a silvery flying disc shaped object. No other information.

HC addition # 307
Source: Robert E Bartholomew, quoting Wilkins
Type: B

180.
Location. Shamsabad Iran
Date: October 14 1954
Time: 0630A
The anonymous witness saw a 5-meter luminous object 100 meters away. Approaching more closely, he perceived a “short young man” standing on a circular piece of metal in the middle of the radiant object, and looking around him searchingly. Now only 20 meters from the saucer, the witness could see the pilot was laughing at the terrified expression on his face. Suddenly the machine shot up into the air at an unbelievable speed and vanished.

Humcat 1954-94
Source: FSR Vol. 13 # 2
Type: A

181.
Location. Leward-Erchin France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: 1530
Miner, Casimir Starovski, met in a country road a strange being of small height and bulky figure with large slanted eyes and a fur covered body. The midget, less than four feet tall, had a large head and wore a brown skullcap, with formed a fillet a few inches above the eyes. The eyes protruded, with very small irises, the nose was flat, and the lips were thick and red. The witness did not claim to have seen the creature emerge from a flying saucer or reenter it. He just happened to meet the strange being, which did not wear any kind of respiratory device. Before he could think of stopping him, the creature had disappeared.

Humcat 1954-95
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: E

182.
Location. Meral France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: evening
A farmer saw an orange object land in his field. Approaching, he saw a domed disc so brilliant that it illuminated the fields for more than 200 yards around. It was transparent, and a dark shape could be seen silhouetted inside it. After 10 minutes the luminosity changed from white to red, and it took off. At the spot was left a slowly settling luminescent mist. Arriving home, the witness found his clothes covered with a soft white substance resembling paraffin, which soon evaporated.

Humcat 1954-96
Source: Aime Michel
Type: A

183.
Location. Ferrara Italy
Date: October 14 1954
Time: 2000
A worker at the local chemical plant “Montecatini” was taking a stroll in a field near the plant when he noticed an approaching intense white light. The light turned out to be an object that was hovering 2 meters above the ground. As it approached the witness could see that on the object’s top section was some sort of “railing” and three short figures were holding on to the railing. The witness ran inside the plant in order to obtain additional witnesses but upon returning to the scene the object was gone.

HC addition # 1570
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: A

184.
Location. Brienne Aube France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: 2000
An unidentified witness saw an object on the ground, like an elongated egg, dark in color and with a cupola atop. A figure of normal height appeared in front of it, and he could see a second figure inside the cupola. He tried to approach but found himself paralyzed; the figure got in and the object took off in the direction of Rothiere.

Humcat 1954-28
Source: Alain Gamard & Jean Luc Rivera
Type: A & B

185.
Location. Mouflers, Somme, France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: 2100
Three persons driving in a van on the departmental road D216 saw not far from the farm ‘La Folie” a very brilliant beam of light which appeared to land on a meadow, a little distance from the road. The driver stopped his vehicle and went down with his wife and a third witness. At this point they clearly saw, close to the light six or seven beings of small size which advanced toward them one behind the other. The witnesses became frightened and resumed their travel, leaving the craft and occupants behind.

HC addendum
Source: http://ufologie.net
Type: C

186.
Location. St Ambroix France
Date: October 14 1954
Time: night
Several witnesses saw 7 small beings flee into a phosphorescent object when they were approached. It took off immediately. It is claimed that “unknown seeds” were found at the site. No other information.

Humcat 1954-97
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

187.
Location. Hyeres-Toulon France
Date: October 15 1954
Time: unknown
Jean Reppelline and Raymond Ottaviani were motorcycling between Toulon and Hyeres when a flying saucer landed on stick like legs; it was discoidal with a cupola, and with 2 protrusions like ears. Out stepped a man in glowing gray coveralls. Ottaviani asked; “Are you a Martian?” “No, I’m French” was the reply. “Where am I?” On being told, he re-entered the craft and ascended vertically.

Humcat 1954-98
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: B

188.
Location. Near Perpignan France
Date: October 15 1954
Time: unknown
Retired French customs man Damien Figueres, 56, reported he saw a large red sphere land, and a tall man dressed in a “diver’s suit” step out. The occupant jumped back into his craft and took off without sound when he saw Figuere’s two dogs.

Humcat 1954-100
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

189.
Location. Cuasso Al Monte, Varese, Italy
Date: October 15 1954
Time: 1900
Multiple witnesses, including Nurse Maria Vanoli and driver Gianni Rossi, heard a noise similar to an airplane engine. Immediately they saw two saucers, each “as larger as a bicycle wheel.” These saucers emitted a bluish light, seemingly more intense around their periphery. At the center of each of the objects, there was an illuminated “pole” piercing them vertically from one edge to the other. The UFOs flew at an altitude of about 150/200m, dispersing a sort of fiery screen about them. Suddenly both objects descended, nearly touching and scorching the tops of some pine trees. Rossi claimed to have observed a “dark human shaped mass” tearing away from the first of the saucers. This appeared to be a small male…a “dwarf”.

HC addition # 1571
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: A

190.
Location. Near Vauchelles-les-Domart Somme France
Date: October 15 1954
Time: 1930
Ms S. her husband, and another man, M. Lourdel, were driving a truck on Route 216, just outside Vauchelles-les-Domart, when a bright light that passed over the road and landed beyond a small thicket on the other side of a freshly ploughed field dazzled them. Ms S, who was driving, stopped the truck and she and M. Lourdel ran into the field to see what it was. Suddenly they saw four or five small figures, no more than a meter high, walking “Indian file” from right to left directly in front of the bushes, not more than 25 meters away. Frightened, the two turned on their heels, and ran back to the truck, driving quickly off. The police, notified of the sighting, inspected the area several days later but were unable to find any traces. The figures appeared to be dressed in diver’s suits.

Humcat 1954-29
Source: Claude Perrier
Type: C

191.
Location. Sandrans, Ain, France
Date: October 15-21 1954
Time: unknown
The witness an anonymous villager saw an apparatus on a meadow, having the shape of a cigar, three meters in length and one meter in diameter, with a being standing at its side. Soon the machine took off emitting a loud whistling sound.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: C

192.
Location. Near Neuilly-l-Eveque, Haute Marne, France
Date: October 16 1954
Time: 0600A
Polish immigrant and stonemason 61-year old Cesar K. was pedaling his bicycle on his way to Chalindrey on the Andilly road as thick fog covered the valley. At a few hundred meters from the railroad crossing he suddenly saw to his left, in a grazing field, about 150m away, a strange humanoid figure only about 1.50m in height. Surprised, Cesar slowed down his pace. He then saw the small individual walking towards a machine having the shape of a reverse bowl about a meter in height and about 2.50m in width. According to Cesar the humanoid was indeed half a head taller than the object. The humanoid entered the object and sat on a visible armchair. As soon as he had settled inside the machine slipped gently of the ground at a height of about 20-30m and then suddenly rose up into the air without emitting a sound. Thrown into a panic, Cesar quickly pedaled away from the area.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Regional Catalogue
Type: C

193.
Location. Baillolet France
Date: October 16 1954
Time: 2100
Dr. Henri Robert, a veterinarian, was driving when he saw 4 discs in the sky, one of which descended with a “falling leaf” motion. When within 100 yards of it Dr Robert felt an electric shock and found himself paralyzed; his engine died and his headlights went out, as the object landed on the road. In the light of the luminous object, he could see a small figure slightly over 3 ft tall. After a period of darkness lasting several minutes, the headlights came on and the object was seen rapidly moving away.

Humcat 1954-101
Source: Aime Michel Type: C

194.
Location. Lesparre-Medoc Gironde France
Date: October 16 1954
Time: night
A history and geography teacher, driving along the road at night, saw in the bushes along his route an orange light. He stopped the vehicle and approached on foot, discovering an object, about 5 meters in diameter and round in shape, sitting on the ground. A moment later, a being one meter tall in a kind of diving suit approached the witness, emitting several times a phrase that sounded like, “Ka-a-lo-o-tri-to-onn.” Then the entity returned and entered the apparatus through a kind of porthole. The object then took off rapidly straight up.

Humcat 1954-30
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: B

195.
Location. Signa, Italy
Date: October 17 1954
Time: 1400
Angiolino Caciolli was walking on a path near his home when he noticed at the end of the path a strange female human-like figure visible from the waist up. It wore what appeared to be a blue smock that covered her face. At first the witness thought it was a gypsy woman but then he noticed that it was gliding slowly just above the ground. The witness walked by it and turned to see it rise up into the air emitting a wind-turbine like sound, it then disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: Archivio SUF
Type: E

196.
Location. Cabasson France
Date: October 17 1954
Time: 1430
Maxime Pignatelli was hunting with his dog when he saw a gray object, about 4 meters long and 1 meter high, on the ground 40 meters away. It had a dome, from which 2 helmeted figures emerged. The witness fled, but his dog started toward the object; but it soon retreated, walking awkwardly as if partially paralyzed.

Humcat 1954-102
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

197.
Location. Reims Marne France
Date: October 17 1954
Time: evening
An unidentified man, returning from fishing along the canal at Reims, saw a bright light resting on the grass near the canal. As he approached he saw it came from a cigar shaped object about 26 feet long and 7 feet high. From one end came “phosphorescent” lights, which reflected on the metallic hull of the object. A door appeared from which emerged three hairy beings, about 3 ft 9” tall, walking “crab-wise,” or sideways. The an even smaller being a little more than a yard high appeared, whose lower legs appeared transparent. The witness tried to approach closer, but the entities rushed back inside the object at surprising speed, just as the witness was paralyzed by a red beam of light, which turned yellow, coming from a porthole. The object then took off and flew rapidly towards Tinquex. The witness then recovered his freedom of movement.

Humcat 1954-31
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: B

198.
Location. Foret De Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Date: October 17 1954
Time: afternoon
Student Rene Cotard was walking under splendid weather in the forest of Meudon when he came to a clearing and suddenly found himself face to face with a strange being that had just come out of a strange apparatus in the form of an upside down coffee cup. Hardly had the witness recovered from his surprise that the being and its machine left emitting an acute whistle accompanied by odd beams of light, rising vertically at a tremendous speed. The face of the humanoid is described as a combination “human and animal”.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: B

199.
Location. Cape Massulo Italy
Date: October 17 1954
Time: night
On Capri, an artist, Raffael Castelle, saw a disc 5 meters in diameter land on the property of Curzio Malaparte. On approaching, he discovered it was not a helicopter & saw 4 dwarfs wearing coveralls emerge from it. After 30 minutes the craft made a soft whirring sound & rose vertically, leaving blue sparks.

Humcat 1954-103
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

200.
Location. Moutier-Rozeille, France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 1000A
Mrs. Paquet was tending her cows in a field when she suddenly hears a peculiar language, which she cannot understand; the conversation comes from a nearby heather field. Then two men approach to within 50 meters of Mrs. Paquet. One of them turns towards the mill of Mr. Blanchon emits a yell and gestures. Two other men now appear then walked in the direction of the Rozeille River, they then join the first two and they all disappear. 15 minutes later Mrs. Paquet dog starts to bark furiously and they see a silent object shape like a cigar, dark in color, rise and disappear towards the southwest. The men were approximately 1.80 m in height and wore dark blue combinations suits.

HC addendum
Source: Figuet, J. L. Ruchon
Type: C

201.
Location. Louvigne-Du-Desert, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: evening
An anonymous schoolboy returning from the evening studies was approaching the hamlet of Salmoniere when he suddenly saw a small being with an odd face, which frightened him enormously. The creature entered a machine that was lying in a ditch, and then the machine rose up at a tremendous rate of speed.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: B

202.
Location. Fontenay-Torcy France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2040
Mr. & Mrs Lherminier saw a cigar shaped red object dive toward them, leaving a reddish trail, and land near the road. Upon reaching the top of the hill, they were confronted by a bulky human figure, about 3.5 tall, wearing a helmet. The creature’s eyes were glowing with an orange light. One witness fainted on the spot. 4 others saw the object in flight, from separate locations. The countryside was illuminated over 2 or 3 kilometers.

Humcat 1954-104
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

203.
Location. Formerie, Oise, France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2045
Three witnesses observed a cylinder or rocket shaped device with several illuminated portholes following a complex trajectory following a river. The craft then landed close to the witnesses and several humanoids described as about 1.50m in height, with dark skin and wearing metallic helmets and metallic garments exited the craft. As the witnesses watched stupefied they suddenly experienced headaches and memory loss. Apparently they did not see the object and its occupants depart.

HC addendum
Source: Dr. Claude Poher, GEPA “Statistics from 735 UFO observations”
Type: B?

204.
Location. Near Royan France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2100
Mr. & Mrs Labassiere were driving to Royan on Route N 150 when they noticed, at a rather low altitude, an object shaped like a pair of scales which was rocking in the sky. One “pan” was orange luminous, the other red, and they were united by a trail of luminous green. The object stopped, the luminous beam faded out, and both objects landed on a nearby field. Then they saw 2 very small creatures, which went toward each other, passed, and exchanged vehicles. The bells then took off at a “dizzy” acceleration and disappeared in a few seconds.

Humcat 1954-105
Source: Aime Michel
Type: B

205.
Location. Malbuisson, Le Vezenay, Doubs France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: 2245
Marie Louise Bourriot, 25, was motorcycling home when as she neared the local orphanage she saw a bright red light illuminating the whole road, (RN437) which went out as she approached. She keeps peddling on thinking it was just the lights of an approaching car. Then she encountered a man in a darkish overcoat, and a hood who was standing on the road in company of 2 dwarfish black beings, “difficult to describe.” These left the man and crossed the road in front of her. A little further on, she looked back and saw a red luminous oval-shaped object swiftly rising.

Humcat 1954-106
Source: J Tyrode, LDLN # 97
Type: C

206.
Location. St Martin-du-Bois France
Date: October 18 1954
Time: midnight
15-year old Albert Geraud was on his bicycle on route D216 when he sees a light that turns from green to yellow. It descends in a jerky motion and lands on the road. The panicked witness feels likes his legs are paralyzed. Inside the object he could see a small being covered with hair that stares at the witness with large eyes. Abruptly the object rises, emitting a strong gush of wind in the direction of the witness and disappears in the direction of Lyon. After the incident the witness lies prostrate in bed for several days.

HC addition # 2435
Source: Figeut/Ruchon, Ovni Dossier
Type: A

207.
Location. Erba, Como, Italy
Date: October 18 1954
Time: midnight
Renzo Pugina, 37, a stock cubes salesman was parking his car in the garage of his villa, he was returning from seeing a movie. Pugina noticed a soft glow in the park of the villa, but he attributed this to the moon. After he had parked the auto, Pugina reportedly ascended one flight of stairs connecting to the principal lane of the villa, when he observed a strange figure at the top of the steps, adjacent to a tree. The creature was 1.3m tall, and presented his left side to the witness. According to one of the main press sources for the case, Pugina stated that he recognized the being to be a “Martian”. “He couldn’t have been anything but a Martian!” The creature was surrounded by a soft, warm light and appeared to be encapsulated in armor. It wore a helmet which was transparent in the front, and it seemed that most of the light emitted by the creature was concentrated at the top of its head. The upper part of the body (up to half of his trunk) was covered in slightly luminous overalls comprised of metallic scales—“like a fish”—while the rest was contained in a great “pipe” 50cm high and 20 centimeter wide (no legs were visible). A much smaller pipe was attached horizontally to the first one, remaining just centimeters above the ground. This was approximately one fathom in length (or 1.5 meters, according to one source). Nearly at the end of this pipe was a luminous disc “as large as a bicycle wheel.” Its upper part was dome-shaped and orientated horizontally over the pipe, but there was no apparent contact between the two elements. Pugina started to climb the steps, but after a few seconds, the creature rotated his trunk towards the man, to his left. He also slowly rotated his head, as if manipulated by some mechanism. The creature held a type of flashlight in its right hand, inside of this was something like a light bulb which produced a faint illumination. The device was directed at the witness who, simultaneously, felt paralyzed (one source claimed that Pugina was struck by a beam of light). The witness remained in this state for some time. Pugina noticed that the outer features of the creature’s face were rather normal yet striking, featuring almost no forehead and eyes that were almond-shaped. Its face was olive in shade “as if it had been splashed with car motor oil.” One Pugina grasped a bunch of keys in one of his hands, he regained control of his body . Pugina advanced a few further steps toward the creature , pronouncing in Italian just one word “Marte!” (Mars!). He did this in order to communicate to the being to not leave. The creature appeared to grimace, while Pugina advanced another step in its direction. At this point, the creature alighted one meter off the ground and flew away along the lane of the villa, maintaining a flight path below the tree branches. The being produced a soft buzzing noise. Pugina ran along the lane, but the creature disappeared behind a curve. The entire sighting lasted but a few minutes. The witness’s wife was sleeping but she woke up as a result of Pugina’s hasty arrival. He was in shock, could not speak, and was shivering. Pugina’s wife said that her husband shivered all night long. The press reported that Pugina remained in bed for two days as a consequence of his encounter. Evidential trace was found on the gravel of the villa’s lane the following day. It was odorless, dry and greaseless. One or two days afterwards, this trace area had greatly expanded. The local Carabinieri claimed that Pugina was a “normal” individual not known to drink or to suffer from psychological problems.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: E

208.
Location. Livorno Italy
Date: October 19 1954
Time: unknown
Bruno Senesi saw 2 shining objects emitting smoke land in a field. Out of them came small, red, monstrous beings that chased him. In a state of great excitement Senesi was brought to a hospital, where he tried to hide under a bed, screaming and trembling with terror.

Humcat 1954-107
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

209.
Location. Montlandon, France
Date: October 19 1954
Time: unknown
A 14-year old girl reported seeing a strange disc-shaped object descend and land on a field next to some woods. A man dressed in a sort of white cassock or smock was seen briefly onboard the object. The craft immediately took off again and disappeared from sight.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Regional Catalogue
Type: A

210.
Location. St Samson-La-Poterie, France
Date: October 19 1954
Time: 2045
25-year old Andre Vasseur and his wife were returning home on their bicycle and were approaching the descent, which precedes Hericourt-St Samson when their attention was drawn by a red gleam in the shape of a cigar, motionless in the sky. All of the sudden the shiny cigar shaped object plunged towards the ground at a terrific clip, leaving behind a red trail resembling a tail. The craft disappeared behind a hedge a few hundred meters from the road. The young couple arrived at the top of a hill when Mrs. Vasseur emitted a dreadful cry. On the edge of the road, at a few cm from her handlebar, a strange being stood staring fixedly at her. The figure was of human shape, but squat, with his head capped with a helmet inserted into the shoulders. A pencil of orange color light emitted from his eyes, which followed the witnesses. His wife lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Andre continued on with his wife and turned around to see the being had not still moved. They both suffered from insomnia after the incident. Police apparently found mysterious footprints at the site.

HC addendum
Source: LDLN unknown number
Type: C

211.
Location. Fabriano, Ancona, Italy
Date: October 19 1954
Time: 2230
A satirist, Paolo Cutizi, and a writer Guilio Emery, were in a local park when they witnessed a strange fluorescent mass still completing its ascent, about 20 meters away from a building. The mass emitted some violet colored flashes of light. Though the men were afraid, they approached the apparition while concealing themselves behind some brush. They observed a disc at approximately 40 meters distance from them. This had a diameter of about 6 meters and a very tall illuminated antenna; this was so high that the men were unable to see where it terminated. The disc also sported a tiny ladder which touched the ground. A few minutes thereafter, two 1.2 meters tall, robot like figures descended from the object, they uttered strange metallic sounds and gave off a dark red light. The men heard the creatures speak something sounding like, “Dbano da skigyay o dbano.” After a short duration on the ground, both figures returned inside the object.

Humcat 1954-108
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B
Comments: Reputed hoax

212.
Location. Raon-l ‘Etape, Vosges France
Date: October 20 1954
Time: 0230A
Lazlo Ujvari, going to work late at night, encountered a heavy set man of medium height wearing a gray jacket with insignias on the shoulders, and a motorcycle helmet, which threatened him with a revolver and spoke words he did not understand. Ujvari spoke Russian to him and got a reply in that language. The unknown man then asked whether he was in Spain or Italy; then, what time it was. ‘0230”, said Ujvari. “You lie,” replied the man, taking out his own watch and announcing “Four o’clock!” He then escorted Ujvari past an inverted dish shaped, lightless saucer bearing a 2-foot antenna, which took up almost the whole width of the road. After 30 yards, he said, he said ‘Adieu!” After a few paces, Ujvari looked back; with a whine like an electric motor, the saucer rose vertically.

Humcat 1954-110
Source: Pierre Masson & Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

213.
Location. Gavres, Morbihan, France
Date: October 20 1954
Time: 1800
23-year old Marie C was closing the shutters of her home when she saw a red orange light hovering above the nearby road. Coming from this hovering light, was a very powerful pencil of light that’s directed vertically downward to the roadway. Five small beings of humanoid shape then appear in the bottom of the light beam and move towards Marie’s home. The house door open and the humanoids enter the house. Marie stated later that their height was from 1m to 1.20m and that their body was entirely covered with russet-red hair except for their heads, which bore a kind of nose resembling that of a pig. The humanoids moved one behind the other and all five made three turns around Marie who in a state of shock began to shout. Soon the humanoids moved towards the beam of light where they had appeared in the beginning and disappear therein, the beam also disappeared and Marie heard a high-pitched whistling sound coming from it. At the same time that this whistle was heard, a bottle that Marie held in her hand broke in two on the level of its neck, it was later noted that the cut was clean and even as if made by a saw. Marie’s husband, during this time, was shopping at the grocer’s just some 30 meters form the location, and when he heard his wife shouting, he ran towards their home but could not see anything else only his wife partially fainted on the floor and in shock. Immediately she was taken to a local hospital where Marie suffered a miscarriage. She had been pregnant for 2 months. Soon after the incident Marie developed a cardiac disease.

HC addendum
Source: Gerard Champetier LDLN
Type: B

214.
Location. Grosseto, Italy
Date: October 20 1954
Time: 2230
A woman Ermelinda Lanzillo emerged from her home to attend to some animals including hens, rabbits, and pigs, just 10-15 meters from her building. It was a rainy night, even though the moon was at times visible through the clouds. When Lanzillo had not returned after 15 minutes, her nephew went out to look for her. He called her name aloud a few times, but got no response. Thereafter, when the nephew reached a point next to the gate leading to the garden of the home, he suddenly discovered his aunt before him. She did not stop and continued toward the house, beckoning to her 26-year old nephew to get back inside and quickly lock the door. Once inside the house, Lanzillo told his nephew, named, Oscar, as well as two other nephews that she had observed 2 or 3 figures next to the hog pen. The figures were about 1.7m in height and sturdy in stature. They wore some strange metallic outfits (blue green in color and somewhat shiny according to a sketch made by the investigators from the nephew Oscar’s recollections), as well as diver-like helmets. Over their shoulders, there appeared a “halo.” Oscar asked his aunt why she hadn’t replied when he called out to her, she told him that she had heard him but had been unable to answer. Mrs. Lanzillo and her nephew Oscar re-emerged from the house all in all about 10 minutes later, however they did not discover anything odd.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: E

215.
Location. Melito, Naples, Italy
Date: October 21 1954
Time: unknown
While in a field belonging to his father, a young man heard a rustling noise and observed a saucer-shaped object landing not far from him. He approached it and saw a human-like figure exiting the object, from an opening in the object’s upper part. The individual was dressed in a sort of diving suit, and emitted greenish-bronze beams of light which illuminated the surrounding landscape. A dog, about 100 meters distance from the young man, began to bark. Possibly as a result of this, the creature re-entered the object and it departed thereafter.

Humcat 1954-111
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

216.
Location. Ranton, Stafford England
Date: October 21 1954
Time: 1645
Near Stafford, Mrs. Jessie Roestenburg heard a noise like an aircraft and she ran out into the garden. There she found her two children lying prostrate and terrified. Above the children was a huge saucer-like object with a dome, the front par of which was transparent stated Mrs. Roestenburg. Staring at the children from the machine were two unsmiling human-like creatures, with long faces and long hair. Jessie then ran to the back of the house in fright. The object then moved over the house, hovered there for about 15 seconds and then shot off at high speed. The men inside the object had white skin, long hair to their shoulders, and very high foreheads. They wore turquoise blue clothing, resembling ski suits. The object hovered at a tilted angle while the two occupants looked at the scene “sternly, not in an unkind fashion, but almost sadly, compassionately.” After about 15 seconds during which these men gazed at her, the craft ascended at 45-degree angle, with a blinking violet light in front. Leaving a contrail, it circled the house, and then streaked out of sight.

Humcat 1954-76
Source: Gavin Gibbons, for FSR also Wolverhampton Express & Star
Type: A

217.
Location. Pons France
Date: October 21 1954
Time: night
An egg shaped object about 18 feet in diameter hovered & landed near a road. 2 dwarfs about 4 ft tall emerged from it, but went back inside almost immediately. The craft took off vertically, leaving a red trail.

Humcat 1954-112
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

218.
Location. Ecaillon, France
Date: October 22 1954
Time: 1915
Casimir Szimura was riding on his motorcycle on route N-43 when he sees in front of him an illuminated machine. His motorcycle stops abruptly. The object resembles a submarine, and he sees four small occupants inside. One of them leaves the object and approaches the witness; its head reaches the level of Szimura’s shoulders. They exchange a handshake. The humanoid then speaks in an unknown language resembling Chinese remaining there a few minutes. The being then returns to the object, which takes off and flies away at vertiginous speed. Casimir noticed that the little being was very strong, according to the handshake.

HC addendum
Source: Figuet, J L Ruchon
Type: B

219.
Location. Berri, South Australia
Date: October 23 1954
Time: unknown
A ghastly animal, 2 meters in length with a peculiar head and eyes, and a long scaly body was reportedly seen in the area. It hissed at residents from the top of a tree, leapt and disappeared into the brush.

HC addendum
Source: Hervey, M, UFOs over the Southern Hemisphere
Type: E

220.
Location. Near Tripoli Libya
Date: October 23 1954
Time: 0300A
Carmelo Papotto saw an egg shaped craft about 18 ft long land a few dozen yards away. The upper half was transparent and very brightly lit the lower metallic; there were 2 cylindrical protruding tubes, and a Y-shaped wheeled undercarriage. Inside were 6 men in yellow coveralls wearing gas masks; when one took his mask off temporarily, his face was normally human. One also wore earphones; all confronted instrument panels. When Papotto touched the machine an electric shock threw him to the ground, and an occupant gestured him away. After about 20 minutes, the machine took off silently; when 150 ft up, it departed at dizzying speed. Tracks of the wheels were found.

Humcat 1954-113
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: A

221.
Location. Ernemont, France
Date: October 23 1954
Time: 0510A
A witness watched a brilliant crescent-shaped object land near the outskirts of town. Three shadowy figures exited the object and went in different directions, apparently exploring the area. This was followed by a power outage. No other information.

HC addendum
Source: UFOCAT quoting Larry Hatch U computer database
Type: B

222.
Location. Trondes, France
Date: October 23 1954
Time: afternoon
Baker M. Lelu was in his vehicle on Route 101 and had arrived at a bend on the road when he spotted two phosphorescent points of light near a glade. He approached the area thinking it was another car when he saw a tall blond haired man standing immobile in the field. Thinking that the figure was an extraterrestrial (he thought a Venusian?) he drove away from the area in order to obtain additional witnesses. (Later the harassed owner of the field claimed that the mysterious blond figure was a Polish farmer). This however was never confirmed.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Regional Catalogue
Type: C?

223.
Location. Wittenheim France
Date: October 23 1954
Time: night
M Muller, a police officer, saw a “Martian” in his garden that resembled a big bifurcated black radish. There were three other witnesses. No other information.

Humcat 1954-114
Source: Humcat quoting Newspaper source
Type: E

224.
Location. Castiglion Della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy
Date: October 24 1954
Time: 0600A
A farm-worker, Ulderico Cardinali, was walking along a pathway in a meadow. Suddenly he heard a buzzing noise and he started to pass through an area of fog. Shortly afterwards, when the fog became less dense, Cardinali observed a strange object which he thought to be a downed plane. It resembled a sort of highly polished, 2 meter wide “plate” landed on the ground. There was a very peculiar creature beside the craft. It appeared to be no taller than 1.40m and was dressed in a yellowish-brown uniform. It seemed like the creature was moving about the object with some task. Once it had stopped moving about, the creature went inside the object, entering a sort of “cabin” and disappearing from sight. Then the object departed from the location—emitting a slight buzzing noise and flying at very low altitude, nearly brushing the tops of the meadow trees.

HC addition # 1600
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: B

225.
Location. Saint Etienne de Baigorry, Pyrenees Atlantique, France
Date: October 24 1954
Time: 1500
A shepherd guarding his flock at a peak called “Moumboa” located at about 800meters altitude reported seeing two “men” standing on the side opposite to him, looking around. At first he thought they were excursionists but he soon saw between them at about 50meters a craft shaped like a large shell, from three to four meters in diameter and of a little more than one meter in height. He did not dare to approach the object which was brown in color. In its center there was a cabin, and at the two ends he could distinguish a number of small propellers similar to pine cones. At the back end, the broadest end was a bent tripod. After a while, the two men approached the machine which they then placed upright on the tripod. The witness supposed that the machine was made out of some very light weight material or plastic. He says he did not notice any portholes. One of the men then opened a narrow door and both individuals disappeared into the cabin. Without any noise the two groups of propellers started to turn, but in opposite directions. The machine took off vertically at about 100 meters and then disappeared quickly towards the north. The two men were similar to humans, Caucasian, between 1.70-1.75m in height.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: B

226.
Location. Les Egots France
Date: October 24 1954
Time: 1730
A child saw a man emerged from a strange craft. He was “dressed in red, his clothes like iron. He walked with his legs stiff, had long hair & a hairy face. His eyes were large, like a cow.” No other information.

Humcat 1954-115
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

227.
Location. Ain El Turck Algeria
Date: October 24 1954
Time: night
A small man with strange glowing eyes was seen on the Mediterranean shore. No other information.

Humcat 1954-116
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: E

228.
Location. Bagni Di Luca, Benabbio, Italy
Date: October 25 1954
Time: evening
A reddish disc shaped object that emitted a luminous streak from its rear landed near the witness. Two human-like figures briefly emerged from the object, and then went back inside. The object then took off at high speed

HC addition # 1569
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: B

229.
Location. Jonquerets-de-Livet Eure France
Date: October 25 1954
Time: 2300
Two 18-year old farm workers, Jean Cheradame & Rene Marais, encountered a bright light source on a field. As they approached the light, two featureless illuminated human forms emerged from the light source. They lacked both arms & legs, and essentially resembled “white plastic bags” lit from within. They emerged from the light source in the field and separated into two distinct forms as they approached; when they receded they again merged into one form before merging with the light source. They were about five feet tall.

Humcat 1954-117
Source: Joel Mesnard & Jean Marie Bigorne
Type: B

230.
Location. La Madiere France
Date: October 26 1954
Time: evening
Aime Brousard, 47, stopped to look at someone on the footpath. This person, who had been crouching down, rose suddenly & turned upon him 2 very bright pale-blue lamps. At the sides of his helmeted head were 2 weaker light green lamps. The effect of the blue light on Brousard was to fling him to the other side of the road, where he lay paralyzed, unable to call out, for 10 minutes. Then the lamps went out, and the being crossed the road & disappeared from view. Brousard then recovered, but still felt pain in his legs & hands.

Humcat 1954-119
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: E

231.
Location. Antimachia, Kos Island, Greece
Date: October 26 1954
Time: night
Mrs Irene Sarris and Mr. Socrates Caraliamis saw a flying object, which was emitting a blinding light. The UFO had the shape of a basket, and for a while it was heading to Antimachia, but suddenly changed course and went away. That same night, a Mr. George Cacamoundis, saw a “winged man” crossing the sky over the village, at roughly the same time with the luminous UFO. The witness, terrified, sought to hide in a nearby church, where he stayed for a long time refusing to come out.

HC addendum
Source: Thanassis Vembos, quoting “Hellenicos Vorras”
Type: D

232.
Location. Les Jonquerets-de-Livet France
Date: October 27 1954
Time: 1930
Farmer Gilbert Hee saw cows gathering about an elongated object with lights at both ends, resting in his pasture. 2 hours later an 18-year-old man fell from his motorcycle as it suddenly failed at the same spot; the object had moved only slightly. Hee and his neighbors saw the object & 2 occupants, who were about 3 ft tall, walked stiffly, and had clothes resembling bright armor. They vanished suddenly, and the craft took off without noise.

Humcat 1954-120
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: C

233.
Location. Tradate Italy
Date: October 28 1954
Time: 2200
Mr. Guidola, bicycling home, saw a very luminous object in a field behind the sports field. When he approached, he was met by “2 little shadows, which made strange guttural sounds.” He fled, but returned with 22 others from a nearby café. The beings wore “white trousers, tapering as if they covered only a single leg, with very wide girdles of dark color. The thorax was confined in an iron gray metallic garment, and on the head was a transparent helmet; the intense light from the disc made it possible to see a dark colored countenance, with a proboscis resembling a little elephant.” The witnesses threw stones at the entities and at their craft, whose upper portion was a transparent dome illuminated by a white light so strong as to hurt the eyes. Surmounting this dome was a silvery “antenna” 8” thick and 5 ft high. Stones striking the craft gave no metallic sound. One man tried to sic his boxer on the “Martians,” but, terrified, it bit another of the witnesses instead. A few moments later, with a piercing sound like a steamboat’s whistle, the spaceship rose vertically.

Humcat 1954-122
Source: Humcat quoting local police and
Newspaper sources
Type: C

234.
Location. Between Catania & Palagonia, Sicily Italy
Date: October 29 1954
Time: 1425

Seven laborers, Giuseppe Licandro, 42, the Oration brothers, 25 & 36, Giovanni Santonocito 40, brothers Giovanni and Salvatore Poma and Francisco Cantone and at least three other witnesses traveling on the road connecting this two locations reported seeing a transparent “like cellophane” torpedo shaped object, smooth in texture and with two red lights on its inferior section gliding down low over the road, the craft was silent and inside they all saw a creature with a very pale face that seemed to stare at the men. The craft then suddenly emitted a loud droning noise and went away without leaving a smoke trail behind.

HC addition # 1598
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat and CISU Italy
Type: A

235.
Location. Longuetire, Siran, Cantal, France
Date: late October 1954
Time: unknown
A widow named Maurel reported encountered a landed object shaped like a large bowl on a meadow near the village of Longuetire. An individual all covered with hair left the machine. At the sight of Mrs. Maurel the individual ran back into the craft which left immediately.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Sider
Type: B

236.
Location. Hamilton, New Zealand
Date: November 1954
Time: night
UFO investigator John Stuart along with Doreen Wilkinson where at the formers house when Doreen stepped out in order to buy some cigarettes. A few minutes later she rushed in yelling that there was “something” out there. Stuart hurried outside and immediately felt a terrible stench resembling burnt plastic and sulfur. He began searching the rear of the grounds when soon he began hearing a peculiar shuffling and scraping sound and felt something brush against his shoulder, apparently an invisible entity. Walking around the house, John and Doreen were horrified to see a grotesque eight foot tall creature about 30 ft from them. They described the creature as having a large bulbous head, no neck. It had a huge and ungainly body supported on ridiculously short legs. It had webbed feet. It had no hands, its long fingers jutted from its arms like stalks. Its eyes were about four inches across, red in color. There was no nose, just two holes and the mouth was simply a straight slash across an appallingly lecherous face. Its skin was green in color and it was possible to see red veins running through its ungainly form. It was a definitely a male. The figure moved towards the two witnesses as Doreen stood transfixed, removing her clothing. At the same time the humanoid was beaming “very obscene” thoughts into her brain. Just as it reached her, it suddenly floated backwards and vanished.

HC addendum
Source: Jerome Clark, Unexplained!
Type: E

237.
Location. Camaldoli, Naples, Italy
Date: November 1954
Time: 0200a
A man identified as “Vicenzo Dattilo” (aged 67) a lawyer-journalist-writer-poet, was praying before the main convent when he saw a “star” descending from the sky while it spun very rapidly. The object flew horizontally to and fro for some time, and then stopped at approximately 100 meters over the witness head. Subsequently the “star” descended vertically and landed “smoothly and silently,” at a distance of some 20 meters from Dattilo. The intense illumination surrounding the object extinguished and the witness observed a large, 10 meter-wide saucer. The object had two domes at its center, one above and the other underneath. The upper dome possessed two long and thin antennae which moved slightly as if from the wind. The object appeared to be positioned a bit above the ground while not coming into contact with it. All of the sudden, an oval hatch opened in the lower dome and a small creature emerged. The witness glimpsed another creature in the lower, transparent dome. This second being was seated and appeared “fluffed up and ruffled” like a doll. The first creature approached the witness and made a gesture as if to say, “Stay where you are do not move.” It stopped at a distance of about four or five meters from Dattilo, and both he and the creature made eye contact with each other. The being stood approximately one meter in height and was dressed in a transparent outfit which emitted a bluish colored light. This spacesuit seemed “impermeable to anything coming into contact with it from the outside.” The creature began to speak by emitting some guttural sounds. At first Dattilo didn’t understand a word, but then, his “linguistic knowledge” led him to comprehend the source of the being’s speech. After some attempts, Dattilo and the creature finally managed to converse in Old Latin, although they made many mistakes. The creature claimed (also by using some gestures whereby it pointed to itself as well as the saucer) to be of this world, from a country where science had developed much during the last number of years. This nation’s craft were reportedly powered by enormously gigantic natural forces, a revolutionary discovery able to render any other aircraft or weapon obsolete, and “to introduce the peace of heaven to the entire world.” Dattilo inquired of the creature the reason why these saucers were piloted solely by beings short in stature. The being’s response had to do with the continuing development of the craft; this was not perfect, the creature’s made some gestures and jumped about a half meter off the ground, remaining stationary in mid-air. Dattilo reported that in the country where the saucer was built (he refused to divulge the name of this nation), “little men” are highly esteemed and specially trained to become saucer pilots. The creature glanced around, and Dattilo spoke to it in some words of Latin. In response, the being offered a greeting with its hand and then turned toward the object. The creature entered the object’s transparent cabin through the open hatch, aided by some external force. It took a seat beside the other being, which had its hands on a type of steering wheel mechanism. This other creature sported several small, bright flashing lights on its face. The object illuminated and thereafter took off vertically, producing a slight rumbling sound. Once the object had attained a certain altitude, it flew back and forth horizontally while continuing its spinning. Subsequently the object departed at great velocity and disappeared from sight.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: B
Comments: This is a first as far as origin claims of supposed alien visitors!

238.
Location. Dudzele, West Flanders, Belgium
Date: November 1954
Time: 2130
A man named Roelants was bicycling near the St Joseph dairy when he saw a bright light suddenly descend from the sky. The light then landed on the concrete road emitting a loud thumping sound. At this time the light dimmed. Roelants, who at this time had slowed down found himself about 50 meters from the landed object. A few moments later the object rose vertically and flew at high speed towards Holland. As it rose up the light again became visible. After the object departed Roelants examined the area where it had landed with a flashlight. He did not find any ground traces but reportedly found a small box containing a parchment covered with an illegible writing. Later it was determined that the small ivory case contained a Hebrew extract of the book of Dteuronomy, giving this incident a curious religious connection.

HC addendum
Source: Jean Bastide, GESAG # 197
Type: F?

239.
Location. Maubeuge Nord France
Date: November 1954
Time: 2400
M & Mrs Mozin were traveling to Maubeuge by car when they saw a light by the road ahead. As they approached, they saw that it came from the interior of an object shaped like a fat shell. This object was about 6 ft in diameter and 7.5 ft high, and rested on 3 1-foot legs. It was a whitish metallic color. A wide opening gaped in it on the side facing the road; within could be seen thick cables and a very stout space suited being about 4 ft tall, apparently about to step out. He was encased in “rolls” like the “Michelin tire man” and wore boots & a very broad helmet. His face was not seen. The Mozins passed within 15 ft of the object. The car’s headlights went out when it came within 300 ft of the object, and came on again 300 ft past it. The next day, Mr. Mozin found an 8” carbonized spot “giving off an odor reminiscent to benzene” & surrounded by 3 imprints 4” deep, on a circle of about 4.5 ft diameter.

Humcat 1954-34
Source: Jean Marie Bigorne & Fernand Legarde
Type: A

Classic Italian encounter.

240.
Location. Bucine, Cennina, Italy
Date: November 1 1954
Time: 0730A
Rosa Lotti was walking into Cennina, carrying her stockings and shoes and a bunch of carnations when she perceived a big vertical spindle, “like 2 cones joined at their bases over 6 ft high and 3 ft wide.” It was not metallic, but looked leathery. Through an open door in the lower half could be seen 2 little seats. From behind this craft emerged two little men 3 ft tall, who approached her with friendly expressions, the older one laughing. They wore a sort of gray tight fitting one piece coverall covering the feet, short gray cloaks, and doublets with shiny buttons; on their heads were helmets with leather earflaps. They were speaking a language that sounded like Chinese, ‘liu, lai, loi.” Their mouths showed strong, rather protruding teeth. Approaching Lotti, they snatched from her the carnations and one of her stockings; wrapping the flowers in the stocking, they threw them into the “spindle.” Then one of them took out a brown wrapped circular object, carrying it in the crook of the arm. Lotti ran away; she looked back after 100 yards & saw the little men still there. A stonemason, R Berti, saw a luminous “rocket” rise. A deep hole in the ground was later found at the site.

Humcat 1954-123
Source: Prato UFO Study Group & Sergio Conti,
FSR Vol. 18 # 5
Type: C

241.
Location. Modigliana Italy
Date: November 1 1954
Time: 1530
A farmer named Adelmo Monti saw a “dark spot” just over the ground, about 500 meters away from him. The object had an apparent diameter of 1 meter and was surrounded by a number of small cylinders. Monti observed a “very tiny hard to make out figure” to one side of the object.

HC addition # 1567
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: C

242.
Location. Mogliano Veneto, Treviso, Italy
Date: November 1 1954
Time: night
An angler, G. Seenza, was on the Dese River on a foggy night while placing some nets into the water. Suddenly, he noticed a greenish light through the thick fog. Since there were no houses in the area, Seenza began shouting in order to call out to the people he thought to be associated with the light. He got no reply, so he decided to get closer. Seenza sighted a mushroom shaped object that had landed on the ground. The object was emitting the green light and around it there were several small and stocky beings. They were moving to and fro in an erratic manner. Seenza again shouted and made gestures so as to be noticed, but he was unsuccessful. Then suddenly, the object took off vertically and silently. Some beams of silver colored light emanated from the object’s “stem” illuminating the surrounding area. The object described some seemingly insignificant aerial maneuvers and then disappeared.

HC addition # 1568
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: B

243.
Location. Frejus, Var France
Date: November 2 1954
Time: 0600A
During a rainy morning, two soldiers, Christophe De Devi and A. Zopina were on their way to town to obtain some milk when they perceived a humming sound resembling that of a “solex”. They then saw a white metallic spherical object on the ground close to a nearby ravine. Around its circumference it had a luminous band of an orange-red tone. It had a tail similar to that of a rudder of a plane. The soldiers approached to within 10 meters of the object. They saw a man standing on what appeared to be a circular platform on the base of the object. He wore a combination suit, similar to a pilot; he had curly dark hair, and had bronzed skin. A door opened a second man jumped to the ground; he resembled the first one, and spoke to him in an unknown language. These two men then moved towards the soldiers, which ran from the area. In town they found two additional soldiers. All four watched the UFO gaining altitude at very high speed and disappearing from sight.

HC addition # 2432
Source: Figeut/Ruchon, Ovni Dossier, Guy Tarade
Type: B

244.
Location. Cremona Italy
Date: November 2 1954
Time: 1800
Two students, Pietro Alberini & Pericle Sacchi, who were hunting, saw a dwarf 3 ft tall with a “rubber” head and a flexible tube connecting his face to a cylindrical container on his back. When they came close to it, the being wrapped itself in a bluish cloud. The witnesses ran away.

Humcat 1954-125
Source: FSR Vol. 9 # 2
Type: E

245.
Location. Santo Amaro Brazil
Date: November 2 1954
Time: 2230
Marcilio Godoi, a taxi driver, saw a round craft sitting in a field near his house. In the bright blue lights coming from an open door, he could see some beings standing inside. After several minutes the machine took off. Several days later, he saw the object in the same place. Venturing close to it, he felt a hypnotic force that made him enter the UFO. Inside it, looking at a map, were several tall men wearing snug one-piece suits, who ignored him. The walls looked like opaque glass; the beings could pass through them. After some minutes, he was given a small cup of some unknown liquid to drink; its effect was to remove the hypnotic spell. The door closed and the craft silently took off, “for a period of about 2 hours, the taxi driver was transported all over Latin America.” Then it returned to the same spot and Godoi was allowed to depart. During the whole experience the saucer crew spoke no word to him or to one another.

Humcat 1954-124
Source: Jose Escobar Faria & Richard Hall
Type: G

246.
Location. Giulianova, Teramo, Italy
Date: November 2 1954
Time: 2230
Two women, Anna Spiadiacci, 52, and Adele Orsini, 37, were returning home after having left a movie theatre. Next to the intersection between a square and a street, they observed a strange creature moving “convulsively” and producing some terrible sounding guttural noises. The being was approximately one meter in height, wearing something like a gray colored diving suit and a leather helmet. A bluish light emanated from the creature’s forehead. The being produced some words which the women recalled as sound ing like “Axgi etam anul.” Thereafter the creature vanished in a thick white cloud.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: E

247.
Location. Calcutta, India
Date: November 2 1954
Time: night
Several witnesses saw the presence above the suburbs of the town of a “brightly illuminated” circular object flying from east to west, one witness claimed to have seen human forms onboard the craft before it disappeared.

HC addendum
Source: Patrick Gross http://ufologie.net
Type: A

248.
Location. Mareil-en-Champagne, Sarthe, France
Date: November 3 1954
Time: 0630A
Farmhand, Roland Poirier, 15, had gone to the fields looking to milk the cows. He had hardly walked five hundred meters when he saw two strange beings in the fog. He described them as having a hairy face, large noses, large slanted eyes and wearing metallic clothing capped with round transparent helmets. The strange beings walked “as if they were skating”. Terrified, Roland began to scream as the beings began to walk around him, one in the contrary direction of that of the other. Roland ran back to the farmhouse and was reportedly sick the rest of the day, unable to sleep.

HC addition # 2433
Source: LDLN # 325
Type: E?

249.
Location. Amacuro Delta area Venezuela
Date: about November 4 1954
Time: night
Fernando de Moya, 39, hunting on his launch, saw a luminous sphere hovering 6 ft above the ground. The 2 Indians with him fled in terror, but he approached and saw 2 3-foot tall figures with round heads & large eyes running back & forth to the sphere, with little jumps, picking up various things. They entered through one of 2 windows in the UFO. When they saw De Moya, they jumped into the object, which ascended vertically.

Humcat 1954-127
Source: Apro Bulletin 11/54
Type: B

250.
Location. Pontal Brazil
Date: November 4 1954
Time: night
Jose Alves was fishing in the river Pardo near the location. It was a quiet night; the spot was deserted. Suddenly he saw a strange craft approaching with a wobbling motion, and it landed so near him that he could have touched it. It had the shape of “two wash bowls placed together” and was between 10 and 15 feet in diameter. Too terrified even to escape, he watched three little men in white clothing and close-fitting skull caps emerge. Their skin appeared to be quite dark. They gathered samples of grass, herbs and leaves of trees. One filled a shiny metal tube with water from the river. They then re-entered and the object rose swiftly silently and vertically and vanished. Jose Alves had never heard about flying saucers and thought he had seen “some kind of devils”.

Humcat 1954-126
Source: Olavo Fontes, Apro Bulletin 7/57
Type: B

251.
Location. La Roche-en-Brenil Cote-d’Or France
Date: November 5 1954
Time: 1010A
M Raymond R, and a 13-year old boy noticed a gray object on the edge of the woods; they approached through the woods to within 130 ft of it. It was about 30 ft in diameter and a total of 16 ft high; it had a 10-foot cupola in which was a row of portholes. It made a humming sound like a transformer. A man not more than 5 ft tall stood near it; he wore a transparent suit, apparently made of plastic, with black clothing beneath it, and a dark gray helmet that rested on his shoulders. On his back, beneath the suit, was something that gave him a humped appearance; on his chest was a small shiny black box. Moving heavily, he walked about near the saucer. Raymond R took 7 photographs, only 4, which came, out well. The man returned to the UFO through a door at its base; then two others came out, in the same costume. One of them carried a sort of pistol with funnel shaped barrel, the other a white ball as large as 2 fists. They went to the place where the first man had been, turned their backs, and did something that produced a blue luminous smoke. At this point they boy, frightened, ran off through the woods toward a nearby road. Immediately one of the portholes of the cupola became green luminous, and a beam swept the area where he was running. Some 20 seconds later, with a loud whistling sound, the saucer took off vertically…R found the boy paralyzed, but this quickly passed off. At the site where the UFO had been, the grass was burnt and the earth blackened and strewn with a sort of cinders, over a radius of 3 meters. Raymond found also a part of the white ball, which was a cottony substance but as heavy as lead, and a yellow powder resembling sulfur, which was also very heavy. Soon after collecting this powder in a paper, his fingers began to burn, and next day were blistered and blackened. The powder was later analyzed and found to consist largely of silver nitrate. At 1505, 9 orange luminous objects crossed the sky, and one of them landed in exactly the same spot, with a soft whistling sound. The witnesses were 600 ft away and dared not to go closer. After 10 minutes the UFO took off again, with a burst of orange light.

Humcat 1954-35
Source: LDLN # 125
Type: B

252.
Location. Shirley Surrey England
Date: November 8 or 9 1954
Time: 0100A
Phillip Molava, 13, living in an orphanage, had been mysteriously losing baby rabbits from his locked rabbit hutch; he was keeping watch by it at night. Suddenly he noticed a white discus shaped object floating toward him at about 5 mph. It had no lights and no markings, and was only as big as a large plate. As it flew low over him, he jumped up, trying to touch it, but could not quite reach it. It flew away. The next day, or perhaps a day later, he felt almost paralyzed all day, and was in the infirmary. That night, he was awaked in his bed when he saw a misty mass, as wide as the bed, form at the foot of the bed; it passed up the bed toward his head, “freezing” his body with cold where it passed. Then it stopped, and 3 figures materialized from the mist at the bed’s foot, and then moved up to him, 2 on one side, 1 on the other and bent over him. He felt they were going to help him, to “make me at ease with myself.” They were dressed in black, or dark, robes like a monk’s habit; he could not see their faces, and cannot describe their hands. He tried to speak to them, but they did not answer. He has no memory of their departure. The next day he felt well again. The rabbits were shortly afterwards taken from him by the orphanage.

Humcat 1954-36
Source: Janet & Colin Bord, FSR Vol. 24 # 3
Type: D

253.
Location. Porto Alegre Brazil
Date: November 10 1954
Time: unknown
An agronomist and his family in their car saw a landed disc from which 2 men, normal in height, with long hair and coverall like clothes, emerged and came toward the car with arms raised. As the frightened witnesses sped away, they saw the men re-enter the disc, which rose & flew off with dizzying speed.

Humcat 1954-128
Source: Jim & Coral Lorenzen, FS Occupants
Type: B

254.
Location. Ispica, Sicily, Italy
Date: November 11 1954
Time: night
Two men, a journalist (Tino) and Raffaele Favara were walking on a road after the conclusion of the last cinematographic show when they noticed a green-bluish light coming from inside the nearby soccer field. Approaching the gate they noticed on the field a strange object, triangular in shape with floppy disks on each tip that rested on the ground. There were bright silvery flashing lights that at times illuminated several strange figures which appeared to have membrane wings moving around the craft. The two men ran to obtain additional witnesses but as they did so, they spotted the triangle rising up into the air and quickly leaving the area towards the sea.

HC addendum
Source: CISU Sicily
Type: C

255.
Location. Curitiba Brazil
Date: November 14 1954 Time: 0330A
A Brazilian railway employee reported that he saw three beings in tight-fitting luminous clothing examining the ballast on the permanent way and the ground around the tracks, by the light of a lantern. When the strange creatures saw him, they entered an oval-shaped craft which rose rapidly into the sky.

Humcat 1954-129
Source: Jim & Coral Lorenzen
Type: B

256.
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

257.
Location. Ortonovo, La Spezia, Italy
Date: November 14 1954
Time: afternoon
A 48-year old farmer, Amerigo Lorenzini, was placing some grass in a rabbit hutch just outside of his home. All of the sudden, Lorenzini heard a swishing sound (like a flock of swallows make). Interspersed sort of a metallic noise, coming from above him. Gazing up, Lorenzini was blinded by a dazzling light, and then he eventually passed out until the light went out. At this point the farmer observed a cigar shaped object which had landed in a nearby clearing. The object was surrounded by a luminous halo. A hatch opened on one side of the object, and a group of smallish creatures emerged from it. The beings moved towards the kitchen garden of Lorenzini’s house—showing no signs of indecision, as if they were familiar with the location. Lorenzini was taken aback by what he saw, but he retreated to the house door. From there, nearly hidden from sight, he got a look at the very small beings wearing a metal diving suit like uniforms that covered even their faces. The creatures spoke with one another in low pitched voices, paying no care to the farmer. They approached the rabbit hutch and seemed interested in the rabbits within. Lorenzini interpreted their gestures as indicative of their intent to carry all the rabbits away. Lorenzini went into the house, retrieved a rifle, went back outside and aimed the rifle at the creatures. He pulled the trigger, but the rifle did not fire. Lorenzini attempted once more, but he was still unsuccessful. At this point he had to drop the rifle, because it had become too heavy to hold. He became frightened and tried to shout—however, he was unable to accomplish even this. The farmer observed the creatures seizing all the rabbits, returning to the object and then entering it. The cigar-shaped craft took off very rapidly in the direction of Avenza, leaving in its wake a very bright trail, even more intense than the halo that had surrounded the object while it was on the ground. Lorenzini managed to pick up the rifle and to fire it successfully, but the object was already long gone. Although in shock Lorenzini called out to some people, to whom he pointed out the emptied rabbit hutch.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: B

258.
Location. Catania, Sicily Italy
Date: November 16 1954
Time: 2330
Four young men, Salvatore Rapisardi, Antonio Espada, Gaetano Nicolosi and Cavallaio Angel observed an object descend in front of the main entrance to the cemetery of Acquicella and hover very close to the ground. The object resembled a circular metallic platform, about 7meters in diameter which and emitted a strange sound. There was a sudden flash and a hatch was opened, a small human like head was seen to look out. Moments later the object ascended at very high speed.

HC addition # 1566
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: A

259.
Location. Madrid Spain
Date: November 17 1954
Time: midnight
Walking home in Madrid after midnight, Dr Alberto Sanmartin felt an irresistible impulse to go to a nearby bridge; at this place he encountered a “beautiful” mane with shoulder length hair, wearing a dark colored toga. This man smiled at Sanmartin, tapped him on the shoulder, & went beneath the bridge briefly, returning with a small rectangular pink purple stone bearing a mysterious inscription, which he gave to Sanmartin. Then he went back under the bridge, and a luminous disc emerged from beneath the bridge and flew away with a slight buzzing sound. The markings on the stone are said to be in the same alphabet as Adamski’s message.

Humcat 1954-131
Source: N Ozerovskiy from a New York City Newspaper
Type: C

260.
Location. Castello Di Brolio, Siena, Italy
Date: November 18 1954
Time: 0800A
A dish peddler, 52 year old N. Bastianucci, was walking in the direction of the small village of Brolio and had just emerged from some woods. At this point, he sighted an odd, spindle-shaped object resting in the middle of the road. The object was pointed along the edges and widened at its midpoint; it was approximately 20meters away from Bastianucci. Its surface was colored in red and green stripes. On the right side of the craft there was an open hatch. Bastianucci noticed a “small leg” dangling from this opening. This “leg” was covered in a type of fabric printed in a pattern of small flowers, “like the fabric used to make children’s pinafores.” When he had approached to within 10 meters distance, the “small leg” retracted into the object back through the hatch—and the object departed vertically, becoming smaller and smaller before then disappearing from sight.

HC addendum
Source: UFO in Italia Vol. # 2
Type: B?

261.
Location. Blaison Maine Et Loire France
Date: November 20 1954
Time: 1500
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.

HC addition # 2398
Source: LDLN # 325
Type: B?

262.
Location. Colcerasa, Macerata, Italy
Date: November 23 1954
Time: 1700
Two young shepherds, M. G. and P. T. (both aged 12) were returning to their flock when they noticed that the sheep had moved from their original position and that their dog was barking. M. G. observed three “dark colored, animal like creatures” moving in between a hedge and a couple of bonfires that the shepherds had lit earlier. There was also a type of small barrel; this was 60-70 centimeters wide by 1.5 meters long. The edges of the object were flattened. M. G. was unable to view the beings clearly; they stood approximately 35 cm, in height and had rather disproportionately large, flat-topped heads. They appeared to be dressed in dark shiny suits, as if these were made out of “plastic”. A couple of seconds later, the creatures quickly retreated into the object, which departed immediately while producing a hissing sound. When the object had attained an altitude of 20 meters, it dispatched a large fireball. This exploded just before touching earth, and a strong gust of wind struck both the boys. The object sported something like “antennae” situated on its forward section. These vibrated at the time of the object’s departure. The craft zipped rapidly in an easterly direction and disappeared from view to the left of Mount La Cesa. Both boys ran off, returning home to relate what they had just seen.

HC addition # 1602
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: B

263.
Location. Torpo Norway
Date: November 23 1954
Time: afternoon
Three little girls returning from school, Anne & Tora Storedal & Tora Moy Hauge, found themselves followed by a flying saucer; it came down to hover only 3 or 4 feet from them. It was round, about 10 ft in diameter, and the bottom was “black, trimmed with yellow spots which could have been glass, and with a number of small, red jags.” The upper part was transparent, and a man operating controls was visible inside. He was wearing black trousers, a black jacket, and immense red goggles over his eyes; he looked at one of the girls. Then the craft rose, colliding with a high-tension line with a shower of sparks, and the girls ran away. They noticed a smell “like fried sausages.” A “streak,” apparently left by the craft’s brushing the surface, was found in the snow.

Humcat 1954-132
Source: Oddvar J Larsen, CSI
Type: A

264.
Location. Kariambkam, Madras, India
Date: November 27 1954
Time: 2030
About a hundred people saw the passage of a UFO described as “a boat flying” with a brilliant light on the back. The object then approached the ground and performs a vertical landing. Three people wearing “western” suits emerge and made hand gestures to the locals who panic and run to their houses. The object remained on the ground for five minutes and took off in a vertical ascend disappearing at high speed.

HC addendum
Source: Michael David Hall, UFOs a century of Sightings
Type: B

265.
Location. Acquanegra Sul Chiese, Mantova, Italy
Date: November 27 1954
Time: evening
A man was walking along a pathway in the countryside when he encountered a strange looking creature one meter in height. The man was frightened and ran away—but he was able to notice that even the creature, too, escaped and jumped over a ditch. The man told his brother in law and some friends about his experience. They all returned to the location but found nothing.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: E

266.
Location. Petare Venezuela
Date: November 28 1954
Time: 0200A
Driving a truck, Gustavo Gonzalez and his helper Jose Ponce found the street blocked by a luminous sphere 8-10 ft in diameter, hovering 6 ft above the ground. They got out to investigate, and saw coming toward them a dwarfish being 3 ft tall, with claws & glowing eyes. Gonzalez grabbed the little man, who wore only a loincloth, & lifted him up, finding him surprisingly light, hard, & hairy. The entity gave him a push than knocked him 15 ft. Gonzalez then tried to stab him, but the knife glanced off. Ponce saw 2 others emerging from the bushes with soil in their hands. They jumped up into the sphere, and shone a blinding light at Gonzalez. His antagonist also jumped in, and the craft flew away. Gonzalez was left with a deep scratch in his side.

Humcat 1954-135
Source: Apro Bulletin, 11/54
Type: B

267.
Location. Near Palmarito Venezuela
Date: around November 28 1954
Time: night
A group of peasants saw a strange globular craft land & discharge 3 very small men. When in flight, the craft left a slight trail. No other information.

Humcat 1954-134
Source: Jim & Coral Lorenzen
Type: B

268.
Location. St Martin De La Place France
Date: November 29 1954
Time: 1900
One observer sees a luminous object in a wheat field and a short humanoid figure standing next to it. A power outage was reported in the area at the same time. No other information.

HC addition # 2397
Source: LDLN # 325
Type: C

269.
Location. Near Fixin, France
Date: December 1954
Time: unknown
40-year old M. Baran spotted a gray top-shaped craft sitting on a field. Several humanoid figures wearing gray combination suits seemed to be moving around the object moving their arms with apparent difficulty. Previous to that he had seen bright lights descend from the sky.

HC addendum
Source: Raoul Robe, Regional Catalogue
Type: C

270.
Location. Hamilton New Zealand
Date: December 1954
Time: 0130A
Doreen Wilkinson reported that three invisible entities attacked and violated her in her home. Around the same time John Stuart was sitting at his desk when a bizarre entity appeared before him. The humanoid was about four or five ft from him and was facing him. Its body resembled, vaguely that of a human. From the waist up it was a man and from the waist down that of a woman. Its flesh stinking putrid, seemed to hang in folds. It was grayish color. The slack mouth was dribbling, its lips moved but there was no sound. Stuart heard a telepathic message, “Your friend knew too much and had to be silenced.” Soon the creature seemed to waver and grow less distinct; then materialized again into solidity. Stuart almost collapsed in horror as he realized that the male & female areas of its body had changed places. He received one more warning before the creature dissolved and disappeared. Stuart soon abandoned Ufology.

HC addendum
Source: Jerome Clark, Unexplained!
Type: E

271.
Location. Twenty-Nine Palms California
Date: December 1954
Time: afternoon
Orfeo Angelucci (involved in previous encounters) decided to drive a short distance down the road to a diner. As he opened the door to the diner his eyes fell upon a young man sitting alone at a center table. Their eyes met in an intense gaze and an inner communication seemed to have passed between them as if they had known each other from before. “Hello friend” said Orfeo, “Hello Orfeo” replied the young stranger. The strange told Orfeo to call him Adam. The strange had ordered dinner for two and Orfeo observed that there were three glasses of water. Adam appeared puzzled when Orfeo pointed at the glass and asked him if he expected anyone else. Offered a bottle of beer, Orfeo declined, preferring water. In response his new friend smiled and produced an “oyster white pellet” from a pocket. Orfeo was offered this “pill” which he dropped it into his glass of water, which bubbled, assumed a pale amber color, and effused an exhilarating aroma. After tasting the elixir Orfeo somehow felt transported into “some radiant star system.” At one point Orfeo heard music emanating from the glass and saw what appeared to be a miniature young woman dancing in the nectar. She possessed golden blond hair. Her arms moved in rhythmic motion with the graceful thrusts of her dancing body. The expression on her face was that of bliss and “eternity among the angels.”

HC addendum
Source: Paris Flammonde, The Age of Flying Saucers
Type: E or F?

272.
Location. Giugliano in Campania, Licola, Italy
Date: December 1954
Time: evening
A man and his fiancée were driving towards a beach when the engine of his automobile suddenly stalled out. Both got out of the car, and shortly thereafter they observed a large, 10 meter wide, disc-shaped object landing on the nearby beach. Two creatures emerged from it. The creatures were similar to human males, but shorter. The sported almond shaped eyes and very prominent cheekbones. The creatures approached the two frightened witnesses and communicated with telepathically. They said something about the fact that ‘they were not form this world and had not hostile motives, so humans needn’t be afraid of them.” The creatures subsequently returned to the object, after which it took off and disappeared into the sky. The witnesses realized that the automobile had nothing wrong with it and was working fine.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: B

273.
Location. Coronel Pringles Argentina
Date: December 4 1954
Time: 0600A
E. Aguirre Zavala, a commercial employee, observed a very bright disc coming down to about 20” above the ground, where it remained suspended. In the middle of this disc there moved a strange figure, which seemed to be a dwarf with an enormous head. The UFO rose up shortly afterward after emitting a very bright light.

Humcat 1954-136
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: A
Comments: Early report describing a small large headed humanoid.

274.
Location. Caselle Di Nogara, Verona, Italy
Date: December 4 1954
Time: night
A young waiter observed a large “flying saucer” that touched the ground in a meadow close to his house. The object was sky-blue in color and a bright red light emerged from some symmetrical, round openings. The witness, also an amateur hunter, took his rifle and walked through the nighttime fog towards the object. At about 50 meters distance from it, he fired at a figure that appeared to emerge from the saucer’s turret. Immediately thereafter the witness was struck by a violent blast of wind and the disc “disappeared into the darkness”.

Humcat 1954-137
Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia
Type: B

275.
Location. Zuera, Zaragoza, Spain
Date: December 8 1954
Time: unknown
Mr. M Sevilla Galvez, a hunter, saw a luminous craft 60 ft in diameter & 12 ft high, with antennas and propellers, land 50 yards away. A door opened, & 2 men speaking in an unrecognizable language emerged. They re-entered, the door closed, and the craft rose vertically at great speed with a hissing sound.

Humcat 1954-138
Source: FSR Special Issue # 4
Type: B

276.
Location. Chacao Miranda Venezuela
Date: December 8 1954
Time: unknown
“Saucers” were reported to have landed at several places in the town of Chacao. Toms Betancourt said he threw himself on one of the “Martians” and grappled with him. “He was gelatinous and very slippery,” and got out of my hands.”

Humcat 1954-37
Source: Humcat quoting newspaper source
Type: B or C?

277.
Location. Gricignano Di Aversa, Caserta, Italy
Date: December 8 1954
Time: early morning
A 100-year old farmer, Giovanni Aquilante, departed his home to go to work. He would not return. The evening of the second day following his disappearance, two of Aquilante’s sons and another relative were returning home from searching the area for the old man when next to their home they encountered two odd looking figures hiding beyond a low wall. The beings had phosphorescent eyes. The three men were utterly petrified by the vision—but after a number of seconds one of Aquilante’s sons (Andrea) managed to move and run towards the two “phantoms”. By the time he got to the rear of the wall, the figures had vanished. The following day at about 6am, the elder Aquilante returned home. He was in shock and hungry, yet not tired. He did not respond to the many questions of his wife and sons. Despite the fact that it had rained over the previous two days during which he went missing, Aquilante’s clothing was completely dry, even his shoes. A few hours later, one of Aquilante’s relatives was told a story by him. The morning, on which he had left his house, he was passing the village’s railroad bridge when two “dwarves” suddenly emerged from behind a bush. They wore suits, “having colors like the rainbow.” Both beings took the man by his hands and lifted him skyward. The creatures appeared extendable; they alternated between resembling “dwarves” and then “giants”. Aquilante didn’t recall how he had spent the 48 hours away from his home. He communicated that he continued to fly in the sky—then the creatures left him right next to his house telling him that they would return to get him again. According to one of his sons, Paolo, his father suffered much from the experience; Aquilante lived in a nearly perpetual “confused state” and had difficulties speaking. The old man was regularly frightened that “they might come back to get me.”

HC addition # 132
Source: Paolo Fiorino, UFO Universe Oct/Nov 1991
Type: G?

278.
Location. Linha Bela Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date: December 9 1954
Time: evening
Farmer Olmira da Costa e Rosa was cultivating his crops of French beans and maize at this place, 2 ½ miles from Venancio Aires, when he heard something ‘like a sewing machine’, and animals in a nearby field panicked. He then saw an object, shaped like a bowl or explorer’s hat, cream colored and enveloped in a smoky haze. It was hovering just off the ground, and three strange looking men were there, one inside the craft, one examining a barbed-wire fence, and one close to the farmer. In astonishment the farmer dropped his hoe, and the man smiled, approached, picked up the hoe, examined it carefully and handed it back to him. He then bent down plucked a few plants and walked back towards the machine, with the others. The craft rose slowly to about thirty feet, then accelerated, and flashed away towards the west at high speed. The farmer, almost completely illiterate, had never heard of ‘flying saucers’. He was able to study these men at close range and in great detail. They were of medium height, broad-shouldered, with long blond hair blowing in the wind. With their extremely pale skin and slanted eyes, they were not normal looking by Earth standards. Their clothing consisted of light brown coverall garments fastened to their shoes, which were heelless. He concluded that they must be aviators from some foreign country.

Humcat 1954-139
Source: Hanlon, The Humanoids
Type: B & A

279.
Location. Floresta Venezuela
Date: December 10 1954
Time: 1830
A Caracas doctor, driving with his father, stopped his car to watch 2 little men run into some bushes. Shortly afterwards a luminous disc rose from behind the bushes and darted off at great speed with a sizzling sound.

Humcat 1954-140
Source: Jim 7 Coral Lorenzen
Type: C

280.
Location. Chirico-Cerro de las Tres Torres Venezuela
Date: December 10 1954
Time: night
Two hunters, Lorenzo Flores, Jesus Gomez, saw a luminous object “like 2 washbowls put together,” 9 or 10 ft wide, hovering 2 ft off the ground. Flames emanated from the base. 4 little hairy men about 3 ft tall emerged and tried to drag Gomez toward their craft. Flores struck one with his gun butt; it felt like striking rock, and the gun broke. Gomez fainted from fright; both youths were scratched & bruised, their shirts in ribbons, when they told the police their story.

Humcat 1954-141
Source: Apro Bulletin 1/55
Type: B

281.
Location. Casina, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Date: December 11 1954
Time: unknown
An 11-year old little girl noticed a very luminous object situated vertically in a field. It resembled a “barrel” and had a “small window” from which a “little man” gazed at her for a long period of time. All of the sudden the object “disappeared”. Later on, also other people smelled an “acrid” odor and discovered some stirred up soil surrounding five holes. The central hole was the deepest.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: A

282.
Location. Linha Bela Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date: December 11 1954
Time: 1700
The farmer Pedro Morais heard a commotion among his fowls and looking around for a hawk, beheld an object ‘that had a bottom like an enormous polished brass kettle’. It was hovering, with an oscillating motion, and making a noise like a sewing machine. Its upper part ‘looked like the hood of a jeep’. In a nearby cultivated field he next noticed two small human shaped figures. He could see no faces, for they seemed to be enveloped in a kind of yellow sack from head to toe. Indignant at this trespass on his crops, he headed for them. One of them began to run towards him, while the other raised his arm in what seemed to be a warning gesture to keep away. One of them then knelt down and plucked a tobacco plant from the ground, and both entered the craft, which vanished from sight in a few seconds.
The farmer, totally illiterate, had never heard of flying saucers or science fiction, and thought the creatures were ghosts. When told that the Brazilian government was anxious to get one of these little men dead or alive he vowed he would shoot one if he got the chance.

Humcat 1954-142
Source: Hanlon, The Humanoids
Type: B

283.
Location. Near Campo Grande Brazil
Date: December 15 1954
Time: unknown
The witness, fishing in a river near his home, saw an unusual craft land a few hundred feet away. His dog began to howl. Through the telescopic sight of his gun he could see a small sphere revolving around a larger one, which hovered 6 ft above the ground. At the bottom was a 3-ball landing gear. 3 occupants, human looking but quite small, emerged & came down to the ground; they were agile, with rapid movements. One held a luminous basket, the other a metal tube with a cone shaped end; with those they collected calcareous material from the river’s edge, sucking it up into the tube & discharging it into the basket. They then got back into the object, which took off at high speed. The witness found square holes in the ground.

Humcat 1954-143
Source: Col. Adil de Oliveira, Chief of
Brazil’s Air Force Intelligence
Type: B

284.
Location. San Carlos Venezuela
Date: December 16 1954
Time: night
Jesus Paz left his 2 friends car to go into the bushes to relieve himself. They heard him scream, and found him unconscious on the ground; a small hairy man was running away toward a flat shiny object hovering a few feet from the ground. The machine vanished with a deafening whistle. At the hospital Paz was found to have long, deep scratches on his right side & down his spine.

Humcat 1954-144
Source: Apro Bulletin 1/55
Type: C

285.
Location. Pescara, Italy
Date: December 17 1954
Time: 10.00
A-10 year old little girl, Luisiana Nardini, was playing near a wall when a “dwarf” came around from behind it. The dwarf was less than 1 meter tall and wore a helmet on its head. The small being motioned some gestures with his hand to the little girl, as if to invite her to come nearer to him. She was afraid and ran home hurriedly. Luisiana related her encounter to her mother, who went to the location. There she discovered a small toy displaying the same features of the being sighted by her daughter.

HC addendum
Source: Maurizio Verga “When Saucers Came to Earth”
Type: E
Comments: Hoax by the little girl? To what end?

286.
Location. Valencia Venezuela
Date: December 19 1954
Time: 2300
18-year old jockey Jose Parra, out on a training run, came upon 6 very hairy little men loading rocks into a disc shaped craft which was hovering less than 9 ft from the ground. Parra started to run away, but one of the little beings pointed a device at him that emitted a beam of violet light, and he found himself paralyzed. The entities jumped aboard their craft & it took off. At the site were found footprints “neither animal nor human.”

Humcat 1954-145
Source: Apro Bulletin 1/55
Type: B

287.
Location. Perak Malaysia
Date: December 24 1954
Time: afternoon
Wong Yi Moi, a young Chinese girl had been tapping rubber trees near the edge of a large estate not far from the Trolak River when suddenly she heard a rustle in the grass behind her—before she could turn, she was seized by powerful arms, which were covered with dense, black hair. Struggling, she managed to look over her shoulder and found herself staring into a face that was straight out of a nightmare, with two long, blackened fangs jutting out from between thick lips. In a frenzy of horror, she saw two more ape-like creatures standing by the edge of the forest. Their skin appeared to be white beneath its covering of black hair, and their faces were distorted by fearsome grins. The two creatures by the trees were over six feet in height, and wore loincloths. Each carried a knife slung from the waist. The creature struggling with Wong Yi appeared to be a female. She wore a yellowish skirt made of bark and uttered weird, croaking cries. Finding additional strength the young Chinese girl succeeded in tearing herself free. As she fled, she snatched one terrified glance over her shoulder, but the creatures were moving away back into the forest. Two other people had also spotted the “fang men” along the banks of the Trolak River within hours of Wong Yi Moi’s experience. The first was a corporal in the Malaya Police, Abdul Talib, who had been on patrol with a security detachment. On seeing the three weird creatures on the opposite bank of the river, the corporal raised his rifle and all three-ape creatures dived into the river and swam out of sight. The second witness was an Indian rubber tapper named Appiasamy. Hairy arms too had grabbed him from behind. Breaking free he had run for his life only to fall headlong down a rocky slope, bruising himself badly.

HC addendum
Source: John Macklin, Dwellers in Darkness
Type: E

288.
Location. Mooi River Natal South Africa
Date: December 27 1954
Time: 1000A
Alerted by children Elizabeth Klarer ran to a nearby hill. An object about 60 ft in diameter then silently descended to 10-12 ft above the ground, 20 yards away. It had a flat hull rotating around a flattish dome, with portholes. In one of these she saw a man “with a thin face, aquiline nose, and high cheekbones,” who looked at her with hypnotic intensity. The man was blond and appeared to have light gray eyes, he smile at her in a gesture of reassurance but she backed away. Then, with a blast of hot air, the craft rose & disappeared at tremendous speed.

Humcat 1954-146
Source: Cynthia Hind, Fate August 1969
Type: A

289.
Location. San Rafael Moreno Argentina
Date: December 28 1954
Time: 0330A
As they were traveling by car to Mendoza on Route # 143, a group of seven persons saw brilliance at the side of the road. It was a luminous object resting in a nearby field, emitting a bluish light, about 100-200 meters away. According to the description of Prof Maria Luisa de Amaya, it had the form of 2 deep dishes placed together edge to edge. They could not make out any structural details. The witnesses stopped the car, got out, and walked toward the object. When they were about 50 meters from it, they noted that there were 2 human figures next to it, of normal height, wearing one piece diver’s suits of a dark color, their heads covered with a kind of cowl. One of them was crouching next to the object. After he got up, the 2 individuals entered the UFO through a sort of rectangular door, the object began to emit smoke or gas form its equatorial region, at the same time that it rose up vertically and then stopped a few meters from the ground, throwing out 2 flickering red lights. Alarmed, the witnesses returned to the car and started off at high speed. The object followed them for 20 minutes, until, with the first light of dawn, they could no longer see it.

Humcat 1954-38
Source: Roberto Banchs
Type: B

290.
Location. Bergamo Italy
Date: December 29 1954
Time: midnight
A cigar shaped object was seen hovering at 25 meters above the ground. Several figures could be seen inside a transparent compartment. No other information.

HC addition # 2396
Source: LDLN # 326 Type: A

291.
Location. Sommaprado, Brescia, Italy
Date: December 30 1954
Time: 0630A
A 62-year old bell chimer was walking down a mountain pathway in order to reach a small church in which his job was to ring the bells. All at once, he heard a “loud and odd noise” —however, he did not see anything when he had a look around. After having traveled a few meters further, he arrived in a treeless clearing where there he heard the noise once again. The man looked upward and sighted a strange 10-meter long cigar shaped object hovering approximately 3 or 5 meters above him. It is unclear whether the object was already over the man—though he was gazing at it from a slightly diagonal perspective—or it arrived and came to a stop. In any event, the witness became afraid and nearly fell down, then got hold of himself and continued to watch the object for about 5 minutes. The craft appeared to be composed of some polished brass and was larger in its central section. The forepart was transparent like glass. There were two creatures inside this section, one seated behind the other. They both seemed to be regarding the man with interest. Their demeanor was “joyful” and the witness stated the they resembled “smiling children”. The beings wore black uniforms and “very odd helmets.” Three kinds of propellers were attached to the top row of the craft, and three more to its bottom one. When the object was stationary, the propellers also were still too, they resembled a fishbone-shaped structure. Alternately, the propellers rotated when the object was flying or departed from the location. Subsequently, the man resumed his trek towards the little church—and before arriving there, he once again heard the same loud noise. He observed the object departing rapidly in the direction of a nearby valley.

HC addition # 1564
Source: Maurizio Verga, Itacat
Type: A

Total Cases: 291

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