5/2/50 - anonymous, near the Loire River, France, 4:00 PM

Report Summary	"I found myself within a brilliant blinding light, and I saw two huge black hands appear in front of me... [They] were applied to my face with violence and squeezed my head... I had the very distinct impression of a strong electrical discharge... I tried to call for help... Everything had lasted a quarter hour or twenty minutes... I heard a great noise... there was a strong, blinding white light."[footnote 1]
Hynek Classification	CE-IV(?)
Original Vallee Classification	N/A
Current Vallee Classification	AN5
Minimum Distance	Contact
Object Appearance	Brilliant light, white
Object Behavior	Flew down, seized witness, dragged for some distance, released witness
Physical Effect	Pushed bushes aside, broke branches
Medical Effect	"all the fingers were still deeply marked in the flesh of my face making large red bars... I was still swollen and felt pains", onset immediate, treated with cold water
Comments / Conclusion	Effects seem to be the result of force. It is very unusual to be in such proximity to a moving UFO without recieving burns or other radiation effects.

Footnotes

1. Vallee, Passport to Magonia, ISBN 0-8092-3796-2, p 95