Journalists from Le Courrier de l'Est, a regional newspaper, were told about an encounter which occurred to Mrs. Besnier, a woman in her sixties, at around 1500-1530 hrs and at her a farm of Le Petit Cotillon, Blaison, the Maine-et-Loire, France, on 20th November.
After fetching onions and some cloves of garlic in her attic Mrs Besnier was at the bottom of the stone staircase when she saw a circular object of the size of a "respectable round table" in the farm yard. She had difficulties finding the words to describe the material it was made of saying that she could not tell if it was it made of wood, or aluminum or anything else. Then, as she descended the last step, a small "mannequin" of child-size rushed her and took the onions which she held in a side of her apron; Besnier also saw an unspecified number of other similar entities in the courtyard. These had a human appearance but their skin was yellow and they had small, black and piercing eyes. They were dressed with a brown costume which entirely wrapped them, with something "like some sort of small sulfate sprayer which they had on the back": and on their mouth a kind of pipe was fixed; which came from a sort of hood.
As the entity rushed at her and took the onions and as she noticed the other entities she fell on her back and hurt herself,. This prevented her from seeing the entities enter any craft but after she stood up again and looked up into the sky, she observed a very high "a brilliant star" which shot through the air.
The journalist(s) indicate that they met Mrs. Besnier and asked her for some specifics about her testimony. She answered without any hesitation. They noted that she is a quiet woman who is afraid of nothing and had heard of flying saucer only through bits of conversations. They indicated that the neighbors, and the mayor of Blaison, whom they asked for their opinion, were unanimous in stating that as Mrs. Besnier is a calm woman who "never made any fuss" and that the story was not invented.
After the encounter, Mrs. Besnier did not eat during 48 hours, and was "trembling, stiff with cold and seizure" and remained confined to bed some time.
Something certainly affected the percipient who, it seems, was not prone to "sillyness" or any other form of delusion. The idea that an object could land on a rural farm and be quickly surveyed and samples taken is not that impossible to conceive. Even in this modern day and age rural crime is still rife.
The pity is that no Ufologists appear to have become involved in any investigation and so it is assumed that better details died with Mrs Besnier. An interesting point, and certainly not a common or noted feature in these reports back in 1954: the hood type masks and seeming breathing tube.
Le Courrier de l'Ouest, , page 2, November 24, 1954.
Les Nouvelles de Bretagne et du Maine, , page 4, November 26, 1954.
Le Courrier de l'Ouest, , November 28, 1954.
Article by Jean Sider in the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN) no. 325, January/February 1995.
"Le Dossier 1954 et l'Imposture Rationaliste", by Jean Sider, Ramuel publisher, page 271, 1997.
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