Case files

The major cases told in depth: what witnesses saw, what investigators established, the explanations put forward and what remains open. Every statement points to its source — official archives, contemporary newspapers, published analyses.

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  Trans-en-Provence, France, January 8, 1981

  The Trans-en-Provence case (1981): the craft, the trace and forty years of debate

  January 8, 1981, southern France: a man sees a craft land on his terrace. The account, the ground trace, the INRA plant analyses, the critics and GEIPAN's conclusion.

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  Mount Rainier, Washington, USA, June 24, 1947

  Kenneth Arnold, June 24, 1947: the sighting that invented "flying saucers"

  Nine bright objects near Mount Rainier, a pilot who timed their flight, an AP wire story: the full account, the US Air Force records and the explanations put forward.

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