Unspecified over Billom, Auvergne · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 27 février 1976 ( il y a une imprécision sur la date exacte dans le PV) vers 20h50, un automobiliste observe quelques secondes et à faible altitude, le déplacement très rapide du Nord au Sud, d'une sphère rouge très brillante. Plusieurs personnes du secteur interrogées, affirmeront n'avoir rien remarqué de particulier ce soir là. Ce cas est classé en C par manque d'informations. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1976-02-00289). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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France's official UAP office publishes its case base proactively — check its open catalog before filing. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1976-02-14 → 1976-03-02
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