France has long been home to some of the world’s most intriguing UFO and alien encounter reports, and tonight we revisit two chilling cases that continue to puzzle ufologists and investigators.In these accounts, witnesses describe seeing low-hovering UFOs in rural areas, with clear views of occupants unlike anything human. From glowing, disc-shaped craft to humanoid beings with bizarre features, these cases highlight some of the strongest European examples of close encounters of the third kind.Both stories share striking similarities with other international reports from the 1950s–1970s UFO wave, raising enduring questions: Were these genuine extraterrestrial visitors, experimental military craft, or something stranger? Why France, and why these witnesses?