Trans-en-Provence 1981 Ground Trace: Rapid Descent, Localized Heating, and GEPAN/CNES Analysis

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Renato Collini described in 1981 near Trans-en-Provence a brief rim-centered energy discharge from a two-saucer craft that hovered, touched down, and departed, leaving a circular ground trace and a ring around the rim heated to about 600 C with surrounding vegetation largely undisturbed, and GEPAN/CNES investigators concluded the trace formed during departure rather than on impact, indicating a localized thrust and urging tighter trace investigations.

Trans-en-Provence, France, Physical Trace Case – January 8, 1981 - The Black Vault Case Files
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Trans-en-Provence, France, Physical Trace Case – January 8, 1981 - The Black Vault Case Files

Background On the afternoon of January 8, 1981, a strange craft landed on a farm near the village of Trans-en-Provence in the Var region in southeastern France. Physical traces left on the ground were collected by the Gendarmerie within 24 hours and later analyzed in several French government lab