Unspecified over Nancay, Centre · France
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Le 22 février 1980 à la lecture de l'hebdomadaire "SPECIAL DERNIERE" N° 572 du 15 au 21 février 1980, les gendarmes apprennent que l'époux d'une restauratrice aurait été victime d'un enlèvement par des extraterrestres. Les fait se seraient produits le 21 janvier 1980 vers 9h du matin dans la forêt de Vierzon. Très rapidement l’enquête de gendarmerie aboutira au canular monté de toutes pièces reconnu par le témoin. [GEIPAN classification A — Canular]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1980-01-50498). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1980-01-18 → 1980-02-04