8 January 1981 17:00
Trans-en-Provence, France
Object landed hard in garden with whistling sound, 8' x 6' with four openings on underside, thick band around it. Heating, skid marks, circular ground marks, soil heated ( under 600 degrees Celsius), GEPAN analysis.
An object was observed. It departed by rapidly flying straight up until lost to sight. Ground traces were found. One metallic disc, about 10 feet across, around 100 feet away, was observed by one male 53-year-old witness in a garden briefly (Collini; Nicolai, Renato). A whistling sound was heard.
Hynek rating: CE2: Close Encounters of the Second Kind
Vallee rating: CE2: A CE1 that leaves landing traces or injuries to the witness.
Vallee reliability rating: 443: Firsthand personal interview with the witness by a source of proven reliability; site visit by a skilled analyst; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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