Section F · Experiencers · abductees, contactees and entity witnesses
Maurice Masse
Lavender farmer in Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · witness in France's best-documented close encounter with ground traces (1965)
Biography
He was working his field at dawn when he came upon an egg-shaped object resting on legs and two figures little over a meter tall, which he first described as 'two small children' because of their height. One of them pointed a cylindrical device at him and he was paralyzed without losing consciousness: he could still see, but could not move. His case combines four elements that rarely coincide —reported entities, an immediate physical effect on the witness, a persistent material trace documented by the gendarmerie in real time, and an official unidentified classification— and the physical effects lasted him months.
Why they're here · 2 pieces
- 1965
Report to the Valensole gendarmerie
Same-day examination of the geometric marks on the ground
- 1965
Documented physical effects on the witness
Drowsiness and disturbances that persisted for months
Sources
- Gendarmerie Nationale · Valensole (1965) — Record of the geometric traces and of the witness's condition.
- GEPAN / CNES — The French official agency kept the case as unidentified.
Associated cases (1)
Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).