Unspecified over Allery, Picardie · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 27 mars 1996, un témoin passionné d'astronomie constate sur les photographies d'une comète des traces noires dont il ne s'explique pas l'origine. Les photos sont assez peu exploitables et aucune conclusion ne peut être donnée. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1996-05-01422). 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 1996-03-24 → 1996-04-10