Cussac Entity Encounter

On the morning of 29 August 1967, 13-year-old François Delpeuch and his 9-year-old sister Anne-Marie were tending cows near Cussac, Cantal, when they saw a large spherical object, about 2 meters in diameter, hovering 1 meter above a field. Four small black humanoid figures, roughly 1.2 meters tall with no visible faces or limbs details, were on or near the object. One appeared to be examining the ground or collecting something. When the children called out, the figures quickly levitated or 'floated' back into the sphere through an opening. The object then emitted a loud high-pitched whistling sound, rose vertically at high speed, and disappeared. The children noted a strong sulfur-like odor and an area of scorched or yellowed grass at the site. The local gendarmerie responded the same day, documented the children's consistent statements, noted the odor, and recorded the physical trace. GEPAN later conducted a counter-investigation in 1978, interviewing the now-adult witnesses and a magistrate who concluded there was no evidence of fabrication or hallucination. The case was retained as unexplained in French official archives.