France · 26 November 1979

Cergy-Pontoise, 1979

Documented

A French state science body published a technical note titled Concerning a disappearance about a nineteen-year-old who vanished from a car park for eight days and came back saying he had been taken.

Where
Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise
When
26 November 1979
Who reported it
3 civilian men
Entities described
UNKNOWN
Described as
No body plan. Small luminous balls that spoke; a named contact entity from later hypnosis. All popular imagery is invention.
Handled as
INVESTIGATED / REJECTED
Evidence class
GOV-3

What the record resolves

Not a body

Lights, a shadow, remains, or an allegation with no observation behind it.

Small luminous balls that spoke. The named entity comes from later hypnosis; the imagery is invention.

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

The document is attached to this entry.

What is not settled

CONFESSED HOAX. Prevost stated in 1983 that the affair was fake from beginning to end and that he was solely responsible. Entity material entered only via hypnosis by a private group. Use only as a hoax case study.

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