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As reported

Cylinder over Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Nord-Pas-de-Calais · France

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Le 17 janvier 1976 vers 18h un cultivateur observe au-dessus des bois le passage d'un engin qu'il ne reconnaît pas. Celui-ci se déplace lentement d'Est en Ouest sans qu'aucun bruit ne soit entendu. Durant l'observation qui a duré une minute, le témoin constate l'allumage d'un projecteur puissant qui balaye la plaine. Le témoin partira chercher son fils mais à leur retour l'engin aura disparu. Malgré l'enquête de gendarmerie, aucun autre témoignage ou informations ne seront recueillis. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]

Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1976-01-00283). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1976-01-14 → 1976-01-31