File 13938 · July 1, 1965
Valensole Landing
Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Opened 9/7/2026
Sighting photograph. Trace left at the Valensole landing site, photographed by gendarmes — GEPAN / GEIPAN official files
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Gendarmerie report dated July 2, 1965, details witness statement, measurements of 1.20m depression and central hole, soil compaction noted.
What was claimed
Farmer Maurice Masse observed a landed egg-shaped object and two small humanoid entities in a lavender field; the craft departed rapidly after paralyzing him temporarily. Gendarmes documented physical traces including a central hole and star-shaped marks.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
On the morning of July 1, 1965, at approximately 5:45 a.m., Maurice Masse, a 41-year-old farmer and former resistance fighter, was working in his lavender field near Valensole when he heard a sharp whistling sound. Approaching the source, he encountered an egg-shaped or rugby-ball-like object, roughly the size of a small car, resting on six thin legs with a central pedestal. Nearby were two small humanoid figures, about 1.2 meters tall, dressed in gray-green one-piece suits with large heads and pumpkin-like faces. One entity pointed a small object at Masse, paralyzing him. After the beings re-entered the craft, it rose vertically with a whistling sound, tilted, and accelerated away at high speed. Masse remained immobile for about 15 minutes. Gendarmes arrived promptly, recorded his detailed statement, and documented a 1.2-meter circular depression with a central cylindrical hole (18-40 cm deep) and four radiating furrows forming a star pattern. Soil was compacted and plants showed effects; the case was later reviewed by GEPAN as a well-documented CE3 with physical traces.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Satellites were already up. The station was not. Starlink was not.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
The known sky
None of the above land
Stations, trains, and planets do not set down in a field or leave a body. This file is a ground report. The known sky still has to be named. It does not answer the claim.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Same place · Same year · 1 July 1965
Maurice Masse, Valensole
Valensole · France
Unidentified
A lavender farmer said a landed craft and two small figures stood in his field at dawn. Gendarmes found a hard landing mark.
Same craft · Same place · Same year · July 1, 1965
Valensole Encounter
Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · France
Unidentified
Farmer Maurice Masse observed a rugby-ball-shaped object on the ground with two small humanoid entities nearby in his lavender field. The entities appeared to examine plants before returning to the craft, which took off with a whistling sound, leaving physical traces including a star-shaped imprint and hardened soil.
Same craft · Same place · Same year · July 1, 1965
Valensole Close Encounter
Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · France
Unidentified
Farmer Maurice Masse observed a landed egg-shaped craft and two small humanoid beings in his lavender field. He was paralyzed by a device they pointed at him; the beings examined plants before departing. A star-shaped ground trace remained.
Same craft · Nearby · October 19, 1973
Draguignan Tall Beings
Le Malmont, near Draguignan · France
Unidentified
Four young men investigating an earlier orange sphere sighting encountered multiple 3-meter-tall beings with square helmets, rectangular eye openings, and waist-level red lights in a threatening pose near their cars. One witness described a being crouching with a trailing red light.
Same craft · Nearby · October 19, 1973
Draguignan Tall Beings Encounter
Le Malmont near Draguignan · France
Unidentified
Four young men investigating an earlier orange sphere sighting encountered multiple tall humanoid beings (over 2-3 meters) with red waist lights and square heads near their cars on a mountain road. They experienced physical effects.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · August 29, 1967, ~10:30 a.m.
Cussac Entity Encounter
Cussac, Cantal · France
Unidentified
Two children observed four small black humanoid entities near a spherical object hovering above a field. The entities levitated into the craft, which emitted a high-pitched whistle, rose rapidly, and left a sulfur smell and scorched grass. Investigated the same day by gendarmerie and later by GEPAN, which classified it unexplained.