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UFO case file · UFO-39927

MELUN (77) 1980

CE3France1980-02-17

MELUN (77) 1980, Languedoc Roussillon, France

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — MELUN (77) 1980
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — MELUN (77) 1980

Case description

Beginning in early 1980, the principal witness in the Melun file reported three nighttime sightings of white balls apparently following a moving vehicle. Some allegedly left white trails as they disappeared. On another occasion the witness and a female companion reportedly saw a ball near a house. The official summary does not establish precise dates or the ordering of these episodes. The witness also described a separate encounter inside the vehicle with a tall, handsome man who had blue eyes and long hair. The visitor allegedly said he had made contact three times and warned of an invasion of Earth. The witness reported a half-hour gap in memory and arrived at the parents’ home deeply shaken. The summary does not describe boarding a spacecraft or independently demonstrate involuntary transport. A doctor reportedly noted the witness’s condition the following day; that does not verify the alleged cause. No further witness or information substantiated the narrative, and GEIPAN classified it C. The file’s date and geographical metadata should not be used to impose a more precise chronology than its prose supports. The reconstruction isolates the reported in-car humanlike figure, leaving the separate aerial observations out of that scene.

Recorded details

Coordinate precision
Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
Date precision
day

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