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Aveyron, France · 1976-01-19 · from the GEIPAN archive

An account in Aveyron, France

On January 19, 1976, at around 9:30 PM, a witness leaving their home observed for 3 minutes a disc-shaped craft, 2.50 meters in diameter, orange-phosphorescent in color. It appeared to be resting on a paved path on a ridge line. The witness saw the object move at low altitude in the valley before disappearing behind farm buildings. No particular noise was heard during the object's movement. No particular traces were found by the witness and his son at the presumed location where the object had been. Two other people would testify to having seen a peculiar light that evening on the road, but all the testimonies remain very brief. The case is classified as C for lack of information.

 

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.