What Really Happened in Tarn et Garonne's UFO Files?
Tarn-et-Garonne has a modest but useful UFO record: not a department famous for a single spectacular “classic”, but one where official French files show how many dramatic-looking sightings become understandable when the setting, weather, flight paths, astronomy and lighting are checked.
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Introduction
That makes the department a good case study in ordinary UFO history. Montauban, Golfech, Caussade, Pompignan, Albias, Valence-d’Agen and Labastide-Saint-Pierre all appear in official records, but the recurring explanations are mostly familiar ones: the Moon, a meteor or bolide, a passenger aircraft, a laser or sky-tracer, a Thai lantern, a bird, or insufficient information. The interest lies less in proving an exotic claim than in seeing how witness impressions, local geography and later investigation can strengthen, weaken or reframe an initial mystery.[Geipan+2Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
What the official record actually shows
GEIPAN is the main anchor for any responsible account of UFO reports in Tarn-et-Garonne. It was created within CNES in 1977 and publishes anonymised case files after investigation. Its classification system is crucial: class A means the phenomenon is identified; B means probably identified; C means not identified because the data are too poor; and D means not identified after investigation. GEIPAN’s own national statistics, updated on 25 June 2026, show that class D cases are a small minority of published cases, while class C cases are much more common because the information is not good enough to decide.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
For Tarn-et-Garonne, that distinction matters. A class C entry should not be read as “strongly unexplained”. It usually means the case lacks reliable information: no precise angles, no independent corroboration, unclear location, poor timing, or an observation too brief to test properly. GEIPAN’s glossary explicitly treats class C as different from A, B and D because the investigator has not been able to reach a firm judgement, rather than because the event has resisted a full explanation.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
The department’s public GEIPAN entries include several explained or probably explained cases: Albias in 2009 was classified A as the Moon; the A62 Valence-d’Agen to Toulouse case in 2013 was classed A as an airliner with short condensation trails; Pompignan in 2016 was classed A as a laser; Montauban in 2014 was classed B as a Thai lantern; Caussade in 2011 was classed B as a meteoroid or space-debris re-entry; and Labastide-Saint-Pierre in 2024 was classed B as a probable sky-tracer.[Geipan+5Geipan+5Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
Why Montauban appears more than once
Montauban is the department’s main urban centre and appears repeatedly in the official record, but the entries do not form a clear “flap” in the classic sense. They are spread across decades and vary in explanation: an older weakly sourced case in 1980, a probable atmospheric re-entry in 2011, and a likely Thai lantern in 2014. That variety is important because a cluster on a map can look suggestive until the separate files are read case by case.[Geipan+2Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
The 6 October 1980 Montauban case is the most “old-style” UFO report in the department’s public GEIPAN material. A woman in a stationary car reported a low, silent, white luminous object at about 6 am, first described as rocket-shaped, then as moving vertically and appearing like an upturned plate. GEIPAN notes that the observation lasted only a few seconds, had no other witnesses, and contained estimates of size, distance and speed that could not be used without angular references or fixed landscape markers. The case had once been classed D, but after re-examination it was moved to class C because reliable information was lacking; GEIPAN said a helicopter, a lit bird, or something stranger could not be excluded, but the data did not allow a stronger conclusion.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
By contrast, the 9 September 2011 Montauban report is less mysterious after investigation. GEIPAN records two independent testimonies from the same neighbourhood: a fast, silent, luminous phenomenon moving south to north, seen only for seconds and described as a white “water-drop” or “bean” shape. The official summary classed it B, as a probable atmospheric re-entry or bolide.[Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
The 27 September 2014 Montauban file is another useful cautionary example. A witness reported a yellow-orange round form at 22:25, but GEIPAN classed the case B and identified the likely phenomenon as a Thai lantern. Lanterns are a recurring explanation in French UFO files because they can appear silent, orange, slow, and oddly independent of ordinary aircraft behaviour.[Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
The Golfech case and the nuclear-site effect
Golfech matters because nuclear sites often attract disproportionate attention in UFO culture. The department’s nuclear power station gives any unusual light nearby an extra narrative charge: a sighting is no longer just “a light in the sky”, but a possible overflight of sensitive infrastructure. That does not make the report false, but it does change how it circulates in local media and online discussion. La Dépêche noted in November 2011 that the alleged UFO story over Golfech had become a subject of online buzz among UFO enthusiasts.[ladepeche.fr]ladepeche.frUne histoire d'ovni à la centrale de Golfech fait le buzz surUne histoire d'ovni à la centrale de Golfech fait le buzz sur
The official GEIPAN file for Golfech, dated 6 October 2010, is much more restrained. It records Tarn-et-Garonne as the department, a 20:17 observation time, an industrial or commercial environment, clear night conditions, and a class C outcome: lack of reliable information. The case has moderate strangeness and consistency scores in the file, but not enough reliable data for GEIPAN to identify or firmly leave unexplained what was seen.[Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
This is a good example of the gap between local legend and evidential weight. The setting is memorable, and the nuclear connection helps the story travel. Yet the official classification does not support a strong unresolved case; it supports a cautious reading in which the reported event remains underdetermined. That is not the same as debunked, but it is also not the same as robustly unexplained.
The 2011 regional fireball shows how “UFO” can change meaning overnight
One of the most instructive nearby episodes was the early August 2011 regional sighting reported from Foix to Montauban. La Dépêche reported that GEIPAN had collected about twenty testimonies after witnesses saw a striking object at about 3:30 am, including a lorry driver between Montauban and Castelsarrasin who described a fireball bright enough to light the scene “like daylight”.[ladepeche.fr]ladepeche.frL'ovni vu de Foix à MontaubanL'ovni vu de Foix à Montauban
The strongest recent file: Labastide-Saint-Pierre in 2024
The 20 July 2024 Labastide-Saint-Pierre case is one of the most useful modern files because it includes a completed questionnaire, a short video, weather reconstruction and a detailed investigation report. The witness was driving towards Montauban at about 23:50 when he saw a white-yellow light or halo, described as a deforming “lasso”, moving rapidly against a cloudy, stormy sky. He slowed the vehicle, filmed for about eleven seconds, and lost the phenomenon against the lights of Montauban.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frCompte rendu enquete807Compte rendu enquete807
GEIPAN’s investigation treated the case as reasonably consistent because the witness completed the technical questionnaire and supplied video that could be analysed. Weather data showed total cloud cover, with low cloud layers that could act as a screen for light projected from the ground. Investigators considered local festive lighting and contacted Montauban officials; replies about whether a sky-tracer was used were not fully consistent, and GEIPAN could not prove exactly which projector was responsible.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frCompte rendu enquete807Compte rendu enquete807
Even with that uncertainty, GEIPAN classed the case B: probable sky-tracer. The reasoning was practical rather than dismissive. The “lasso” form, pale colour, back-and-forth movement, Saturday-night timing and low clouds all fitted a powerful ground-based light beam projected onto cloud. The file is a strong example of how a modern investigation can leave a small factual gap while still making the extraordinary interpretation less likely.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frCompte rendu enquete807Compte rendu enquete807
Recurring explanations in the department
Tarn-et-Garonne’s UFO history is not dominated by one explanation. Instead, it shows several ordinary sources that can look strange under the right conditions.
Astronomy: The Albias case of 17 January 2009 was classed A as the Moon. This is a classic category of misidentification: a bright, low Moon partly obscured by cloud or seen from a moving vehicle can appear closer, larger or less familiar than expected. GEIPAN’s file lists supporting materials including a sky chart, telephone note and gendarmerie report.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
Aircraft and condensation trails: The 11 August 2013 A62 case, from Valence-d’Agen towards Toulouse, was classed A as an airliner. The witness saw a white point that seemed static and white trails forming a triangle without a base; GEIPAN concluded that this was certainly a passenger aircraft with short condensation trails.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
Meteors and re-entries: Caussade on 31 July 2011 was classed B after a witness reported a fast, white, oval phenomenon that disappeared towards the horizon. GEIPAN noted that speed and brightness suggested a meteoroid or space-debris re-entry, and that the date fell in a period of meteor activity with a trajectory compatible with the Perseids.[Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
Event lighting: Pompignan on 17 November 2016 was classed A as a laser. GEIPAN connected a green trail in the cloudy night sky to a giant laser installation in Toulouse by the artist Yvette Mattern, with tests beginning before the public event. Labastide-Saint-Pierre in 2024 fits the same broader family of explanations: artificial light projected onto cloud can create apparently mobile, high-altitude shapes.[Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
Lanterns and small luminous objects: Montauban in 2014 was classed B as a Thai lantern, while Valence-d’Agen in 2023 was classed B as a bird and added to GEIPAN’s newer published list. Such cases are not interchangeable, but they share a lesson: colour, silence and apparent odd movement are not enough on their own to establish a genuinely unexplained event.[Geipan]geipan.frOpen source on geipan.fr.
What remains weak or unresolved
The unresolved-looking part of Tarn-et-Garonne’s record is mostly class C: cases where the evidence is too thin to decide. GEIPAN lists C entries for Montauban 1980, Cazals 1986, Moissac 1998, Réalville 2009 and Golfech 2010, among others. The official reason is typically lack of reliable information, not a positive finding that an unknown technology was present.[Geipan+4Geipan+4Geipan]cnes-geipan.frOpen source on cnes-geipan.fr.
Why Tarn-et-Garonne is a useful department-level case study
Tarn-et-Garonne sits between rural skies, the Montauban urban area, the A62 corridor, the Garonne and Tarn valleys, nearby Toulouse aviation activity, and the symbolic presence of Golfech. The department is not isolated from ordinary sources of unusual lights: passenger aircraft, road travel, event lighting, meteors, lanterns, birds, and low cloud all appear in the files. That mixture makes it a practical laboratory for understanding how UFO reports are produced and resolved.[RethinkAction Project+2Visit Occitanie EN]rethinkaction.euRethink Action Project Tarn-et-Garonne, France Atlantic Case StudyRethink Action Project Tarn-et-Garonne, France Atlantic Case Study
The most important takeaway is that the department’s public record does not support a single dramatic UFO narrative. Instead, it supports a layered one. There are sincere witnesses, some striking descriptions, a few locally memorable cases, and several official investigations. But the best-documented outcomes tend to move towards ordinary explanations, while the more mysterious entries usually remain mysterious because the record is incomplete.
That does not make the history uninteresting. It makes it more realistic. Tarn-et-Garonne shows how UFO history actually works at local level: a flash over the motorway, a light above Montauban, a rumour near Golfech, a laser seen from miles away, a video that looks odd until clouds and projectors are considered. The department’s value is not that it proves an extraordinary presence, but that it shows how careful investigation can separate unresolved, weak, probable and identified cases without dismissing witnesses or inflating the evidence.
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Link:https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/11/26/entretien-quand-boualem-sansal-etait-linvite-du-festival-litteraire-de-montauban-12348352.php
41.
Source: ladepeche.fr
Title: 219223 ils ont vu un ovni
Link:https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2001/09/09/219223-ils-ont-vu-un-ovni.html
42.
Source: ladepeche.fr
Title: cedric gras je pratique lerrance,8708304
Link:https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/02/04/cedric-gras-je-pratique-lerrance%2C8708304.php
43.
Source: ladepeche.fr
Title: un mysterieux ovni apercu dans le ciel de cahors des temoins racontent,8848342
Link:https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/04/15/un-mysterieux-ovni-apercu-dans-le-ciel-de-cahors-des-temoins-racontent%2C8848342.php
44.
Source: ladepeche.fr
Title: 1754813 des ovnis photographies dans le ciel de toulouse
Link:https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/11/18/1754813-des-ovnis-photographies-dans-le-ciel-de-toulouse.html
45.
Source: visit-occitanie.com
Title: Visit Montauban
Link:https://www.visit-occitanie.com/en/discovering/major-sites/montauban/
46.
Source: visit-occitanie.com
Title: Moissac Lauzerte Auvillar
Link:https://www.visit-occitanie.com/en/discovering/major-sites/moissac-lauzerte-auvillar/
47.
Source: cnes.fr
Link:https://cnes.fr/projets/geipan
48.
Source: youtube.com
Title: Meeting France’s UFO detectives
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zczcBLukQ6s
49.
Source: youtube.com
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn2xTieploU
50.
Source: youtube.com
Title: Geipan: France is also interested in UFOs
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLXDikL331Y
51.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/stats
52.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/58788
53.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/glossaire
54.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/2009-01-02730
55.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/56203?field_agregation_index_value=&page=49
56.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/2016-11-09587
57.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/61321
58.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/1980-10-00808?order=field_date_d_observation&page=141&sort=desc&undefined=
59.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=orange&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_departement_textuel&page=26%2C27&sort=asc
60.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Title: Compte rendu enquete807
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/sites/default/files/Compte%20rendu%20enquete807.pdf
61.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/53775?page=88&undefined=
62.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/
63.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/missions-methodes-et-resultats
64.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=2021-11-23&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=1&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_classification_des_cas&page=4%2C1&sort=desc
65.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Title: methodologie classification geipan
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/actualites/methodologie-classification-geipan
66.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/412
67.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Title: baisse cas d
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/actualites/baisse-cas-d
68.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/1993-11-01335
69.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/1980-03-00751
70.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/sites/default/files/save_json_import_files/export_cas_pub_20251127093552.csv
71.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/58791
72.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/sites/default/files/Compte%20rendu%20enquete6.pdf
73.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Title: Compte rendu enquete171
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/sites/default/files/Compte%20rendu%20enquete171.pdf
74.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Title: evolution classification des cas
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/actualites/evolution-classification-des-cas
75.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/58894?page=%2C45
76.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/faq-page
77.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/sites/default/files/Compte%20rendu%20enquete9.pdf
78.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/2011-07-02802
79.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_date_value=2007-03-01&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date&page=%2C97&sort=desc
80.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/recherche/cas/tab?order=field_departement_textuel&page=148&sort=asc
81.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas?field_agregation_index_value=avion&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date&page=%2C45&sort=asc
82.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=&order=field_classification_des_cas&page=149&sort=desc
83.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/56899?field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_departement_textuel&page=18&sort=desc
84.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=2007-03-01&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date_d_observation_textuel&page=%2C192&sort=desc
85.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=orange&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date_d_observation_textuel&page=17&sort=desc
86.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=116&order=field_departement_textuel&page=18&select-category-export=nothing&sort=desc
87.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_classification_des_cas&page=%2C318&sort=asc
88.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=c&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_classification_des_cas&page=81&sort=desc
89.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=orange&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_classification_des_cas&page=7&sort=asc
90.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/node/55164
91.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas?customGetLattitude=43.878912366235156&customGetLongitude=1.0491943359375002&customGetZoom=8&field_agregation_index_value=&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B13%5D=13&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B14%5D=14&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=45.02695045318546&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=42.73087427928485&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=2.9168701171875004&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=-0.8184814453125&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date&page=%2C5&select-category-export=nothing&sort=asc
92.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_agregation_index_value=&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B12%5D=12&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date&page=%2C153&sort=desc
93.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_agregation_index_value=&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B12%5D=12&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B13%5D=13&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B14%5D=14&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B15%5D=15&field_classification_des_cas_target_id%5B16%5D=16&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=1&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_departement_textuel&page=%2C232&select-category-export=nothing&sort=desc&video=on
94.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?field_agregation_index_value=Ain&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date_d_observation&page=47&sort=desc
95.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas/tab?customGetLattitude=46.124763699209396&customGetLongitude=2.406005859375001&customGetZoom=6&field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=50.52739681329302&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=41.72213058512578&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=8.745117187500002&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=-3.9331054687500004&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=title&page=112&sort=asc&undefined=
96.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/recherche/cas?field_agregation_index_value=VIDEO&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_type_de_cas_target_id=All&order=field_date_d_observation&page=%2C49&sort=desc
97.
Source: cnes-geipan.fr
Link:https://cnes-geipan.fr/en/search/cas?field_agregation_index_value=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_date_d_observation_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_date_value=&field_departement_target_id=&field_document_existe_ou_pas_value=All&field_is_new_value=All&field_is_revisited_value=All&field_latitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_latitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_longitude_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_phenomene_target_id=&field_type_de_cas_target_id=116&order=field_date&page=%2C260&select-category-export=nothing&sort=desc
98.
Source: Wikipedia
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEIPAN
99.
Source: Wikipedia
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauban
100.
Source: Wikipedia
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissac
101.
Source: merriam-webster.com
Link:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valence
102.
Source: dictionary.cambridge.org
Link:https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/valence
103.
Source: dictionary.cambridge.org
Link:https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tarn
104.
Source: academieairespace.com
Link:https://academieairespace.com/event/geipan-studies-uaps-ufos/?lang=en
105.
Source: meprises-du-ciel.fr
Link:https://meprises-du-ciel.fr/sources-artificielles/laser/
106.
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Link:https://uapedia.ai/wiki/geipan-frances-official-uap-unit/
107.
Source: gites-de-france.com
Link:https://www.gites-de-france.com/en/french-regions/occitanie/holiday-rentals-tarn-et-garonne/montauban
108.
Source: france-voyage.com
Link:https://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/valence-319.htm
109.
Source: france-voyage.com
Link:https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/moissac-33238.htm
110.
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Link:https://www.tourisme-tarnetgaronne.fr/en/offers/activities-in-golfech-nuclear-power-station-golfech-en-4990271/
112.
Source: aerotur.aero
Link:https://aerotur.aero/en/airport/xmw
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Link:https://www.tourisme-tarn.com/uk
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117.
Source: tourism-occitania.co.uk
Link:https://tourism-occitania.co.uk/home/things-to-see-and-do/sightseeing-and-exploring/things-to-see-and-do-around-the-great-tourist-site/around-montauban
118.
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119.
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