Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth: THE MICHELIN MEN
Returning from the cinema one evening in May 1955 in Dinan, Cótesdu-Nord, France, Monsieur Droguet was about to lock the door leading to one of the courtyards of the girls’ college, where he lived on the premises, when he was temporarily blinded by a bluish-green beam of light. He became extremely frightened; his knees knocked and his hair literally stood up.
Droguet discerned an enormous circular object, hanging motionless at a height of about 1.5 metres above the courtyard. He could hear no sound, though he was aware of a constant ‘vibration’. The witness then became aware of two beings close to the machine, who apparently had not noticed him.
Growing even more frightened, Droguet tried to escape, but found himself glued to the spot. The beings were dressed in a type of metallic one-piece grey suit, which somewhat resembled the suit worn by the little man in the famous Michelin tyre advertisement.
The witness was unable to see the beings’ heads, enclosed as they were in bulky helmets. Their hands were covered with gloves of a kind. On the abdomen, each being had a black box with many leads coming out of it. One of the beings was picking up something from the ground — probably pebbles — while the other one inspected the surroundings. Droguet had the feeling that someone was watching him from inside the machine.
The two beings walked towards their craft, on the underside of which was a dark hole with a metallic ladder hanging down. No more than 1.6 metres in height, the beings walked with obvious difficulty, ‘like divers with their leaden soles’ — an observation corroborated in other cases. As investigator J. Cresson continues in his report on the case: Just as they were entering the craft, M. Droguet distinctly heard a metallic sound emanating from their feet as they trod.
When they had entered the craft, the ladder was drawn in and there was a sound like the intake of air. He felt a displacement of the air, a sensation of suction. The machine, still lit up, rose vertically to above treetop height, without any sound. He was now able to see the black hole in the centre of the underpart of the craft, and to perceive that [it] was circular. The craft was rotating very rapidly, but the black hole did not seem to be moving. When the machine had reached treetop height, its lights went out.
On recovering mobility, the witness ran to his quarters. He told only his wife and a few trusted friends what had happened. On learning about the encounter, the headmistress of the girls’ college advised M. Droguet not to let the affair become known, to avoid a ‘scandal’. 28
There were further reports of the ‘Michelin men’ in France in 1954. Had these been reported exclusively in France, there might be reason to suspect a publicity stunt, but the Michelin men have been observed in other countries — and well beyond 1954.