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As reported

Unspecified over Saint-Benoit, Outre-Mer · France

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

The report, as filed

Le 24 janvier 1977 à 6h 17 trois personnes voient une colonne de vapeur ou de fumée venant du ciel. Une tache d'écume est visible à la surface indiquant la chute d'un objet dans l'océan à environ 4km du rivage et à environ 8 à 10 km du lieu de l'observation. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli sur ce phénomène et le point de chute s'averant difficile à déterminer, aucune recherche n'a été entreprise. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]

Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1977-01-00386). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

Ask for the records

What would the paper say?

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 1977-01-21 → 1977-02-07

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