File 19576 · September 26, 1954
Chabeuil Humanoid Encounter
Chabeuil, Drôme, France
Opened 9/8/2026 · Revised 9/14/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — UFO Evidence / Jacques Vallée / Local press (Le Provençal)
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Mme. Leboeuf described the being as 'a kid enclosed in a cellophane bag' with a human-like face and large eyes, wearing a transparent suit; the object was a flat disc that rose from the maize field.
What was claimed
Mme. Lucette Leboeuf encountered a small humanoid being in a translucent diving-suit-like outfit near a landed disc-shaped craft while gathering mushrooms. The being approached her before the craft departed.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
On the afternoon of September 26, 1954, Mme. Lucette Leboeuf was gathering mushrooms in a field near the woods of the château in Chabeuil. Her dog began barking strangely. She looked up and saw what she first thought was a scarecrow at the edge of a cornfield, only about 2.5 meters away. It was a small being, roughly 1 meter to 1.1 meters tall, enveloped in a transparent cellophane-like or plastic diving suit with a helmet. The face appeared almost human with large, fixed, brilliant, expressive eyes but no visible ears; the vision was blurry through the material. The being stared at her and then moved toward her. Terrified, she screamed, fled, and hid in a bush. Shortly after, she saw a flat, disc-shaped object about 4 meters in diameter, resembling a child's spinning top, rise from the cornfield with a noise and fly away. A circle of crushed vegetation was reportedly found at the site. The case was reported in local press such as Le Provençal and investigated during the 1954 French wave.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Before Sputnik the known lights were planets, meteors, aircraft, and balloons. No station. No Starlink.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
The known sky
None of the above land
Stations, trains, and planets do not set down in a field or leave a body. This file is a ground report. The known sky still has to be named. It does not answer the claim.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · September 10, 1954
Quarouble Railway Encounter
Quarouble, Nord · France
Unidentified
Railway worker Marius Dewilde reported seeing a dark object on the tracks near his home and two small humanoid figures in diving suits and helmets. A bright beam from the object paralyzed him as the beings returned to the craft, which then departed rapidly.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · September 10, 1954, ~10:30 PM
Marius Dewilde Encounter at Quarouble
Quarouble, Nord · France
Unidentified
Railway worker Marius Dewilde observed a dark mass on the railroad tracks near his home and two small beings in diving suits. A bright light from the object paralyzed him as they boarded. Police and air force investigators found physical traces on the tracks consistent with a heavy object.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · 10 September 1954
Marius Dewilde, Quarouble
Quarouble · France
Unidentified
A railwayman said two small figures in light suits stood by a dark craft on the cinder path beside the tracks. Police found crushed vegetation.
Same craft · Nearby · August 29, 1967, ~10:30 a.m.
Cussac Entity Encounter
Cussac, Cantal · France
Unidentified
Two children observed four small black humanoid entities near a spherical object hovering above a field. The entities levitated into the craft, which emitted a high-pitched whistle, rose rapidly, and left a sulfur smell and scorched grass. Investigated the same day by gendarmerie and later by GEPAN, which classified it unexplained.
Same craft · Nearby · 29 August 1967
Cussac, France
Cussac, Cantal · France
Unidentified
Two children watching cows reported a sphere and small figures that rose and left a sulfur smell. Gendarmerie took the statement the same day.
Same craft · Nearby · August 29, 1967, ~10:30 a.m.
Cussac Children Entity Encounter
Cussac, Cantal · France
Unidentified
Two children tending cows observed a bright spherical object on the ground and four small black humanoid figures nearby. The beings levitated into the object, which emitted a whistling sound, sulfur odor, and left physical traces on the grass. Investigated by local gendarmerie and later by official French GEPAN/CN ES team.