Trans-en-Provence UFO Landing, Var, France, January 8, 1981
On January 8, 1981, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Renato Nicolai, a 55-year-old retired technician and electrician, was working in the terraced garden of his property near Trans-en-Provence in the Var…
Narration
A lead-grey metallic disc descends silently over a quiet Provençal hillside garden.
Trans-en-Provence, Var, France, January 8, 1981, a terraced winter garden isolated on sloped terrain.
Renato Nicolai, working alone in his garden, watched the lead-grey disc land forty seconds.
Emitting only a low whistle, the lead-grey disc rose and accelerated northeast without flame.
GEPAN's official CNES report confirmed soil compression equal to several tonnes and fifty percent chlorophyll loss.
France's own scientists confirmed something landed here and no one can say what it was.