Cussac close encounter reported by two children

When: 29 Aug 1967
Where: Cussac, France
Sources: 1 public source

Cussac, Cantal, where two children reported the August 1967 encounter Sancta floris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Two children watching cattle in Cantal said they saw four small dark figures and a bright sphere that rose away. Gendarmes visited that day. GEPAN re-investigated in 1978 and called it unexplained; skeptics have argued for a misperceived helicopter.

Sources

OtherOVNI du CNES, chapter 10: 'Cussac' (1967) (opens in a new tab)Observatoire zetetique (zetetique.fr)

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