Encounter · 1967

Cussac Plateau Encounter
Documented report. Unresolved object.

On 29 August 1967, François Delpeuch and his younger sister Anne-Marie reported four small dark figures near a bright spherical object near Cussac. GEPAN investigated.

29 August 1967near Cussac, FranceEvidence-led case fileEncounter

CATEGORY CONTEXT, NOT INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPH. Cantal, France, used as location context only.

01 / why this case matters

Why This Case Matters

Cussac matters because it is a French close-encounter case with a GEPAN investigation — yet the reported figures remain unverified.

02 / the case

What is documented.

Documented

Two children reported four small dark figures near a bright spherical object

Documented

GEPAN investigated the case (1978)

03 / what is debated

What remains contested.

Debated

The identity of the object

Debated

Whether the reported figures were real or a misperception

04 / what remains unverified

Beyond the record.

Unverified

The figures as established entities

Unverified

Extraterrestrial origin

05 / what the record establishes

Keep the layers apart.

Record element

What it supports

What it does not settle

Witness report

A documented report exists.

The objective identity of the object.

Official investigation

That the case was investigated where documented.

That an extraordinary cause was proven.

Conventional reading

That a conventional explanation exists where documented.

That the conventional explanation closes the case.

06 / source room

Follow the paperwork.
Keep the claims apart.

Sources are kept in separate layers: official and contemporary material is documented; secondary UFO literature is treated as debated, not as primary evidence.

governmentGEPAN — Enquête sur l'observation du 29.08.67 de Cussac (1978)

Documented source.

secondaryJacques Vallée — Passport to Magonia

Secondary / debated material.

Cussac Plateau EncounterDocumented report. Unresolved object.