France · 10 September 1954
Quarouble, 1954
ReportedA railwayman flagged down the night watch to report that two things under a metre tall had walked past him on the ballast, and the Air Ministry sent officers to measure the dents in the sleepers.
- Where
- Quarouble, Nord, railway line near Onnaing
- When
- 10 September 1954
- Who reported it
- 1 civilian SNCF level-crossing keeper
- Entities described
- 2 figures
- Described as
- Two figures under 1m, extremely broad-shouldered, diving-suit-like garments; lamp beam reflected off their heads as if glass globes. No face, eyes, arms, hands or legs. The helmeted-robot image is magazine artwork.
- Handled as
- INVESTIGATED / UNRESOLVED
- Evidence class
- GOV-2
What the record resolves
The record carries a garment, a helmet or an enclosure. The body inside it is not described.
Under a metre, broad-shouldered, in diving-suit garments; light reflecting off their heads as if glass. The helmeted robot is magazine artwork.
The record
An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.
UNVERIFIED - parent fonds: https://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ark/965265
Part of the chain is attached. The rest is still being retrieved.
What is not settled
One witness at night with a lamp. No footprints found; the sleeper indentations were never shown to be anomalous. NO primary official document located, so the entity description survives only through 1954 press.