Valensole landing report (Maurice Masse)

When: 1 Jul 1965
Where: Valensole, France
Sources: 1 public source

The site at Valensole where Maurice Masse reported the 1965 landing Pampuco, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A farmer reported a dark craft and two small figures in his lavender field at dawn, and showed ground marks afterward. The gendarmerie took his statements and documented the traces; GEIPAN, with no other witnesses, classes the case unexplained (D).

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OfficialValensole (04) 01.07.1965 (opens in a new tab)GEIPAN / CNES

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