Paranormal events in France
The archives for France contain 82 documented cases of paranormal activity, spanning a period from 1502 to 2025. The recorded phenomena are primarily characterized by sightings of unidentified flying objects and instances of possession, alongside various other unexplained occurrences. These entries provide a chronological record of anomalous events distributed across several centuries of French history.
The documentation includes notable historical accounts such as The Voices of Joan of Arc and The Beast of Gévaudan: History's Deadliest Cryptid. More recent or localized files include the Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace, the Meowing Nuns of Medieval France, and various reports concerning the Paris Catacombs Ghosts. These files serve as the primary repository for paranormal incidents logged within the territory.
Featured from France
French UFO Wave of 1954
France
France experienced an unprecedented wave of UFO sightings with over 200 reported landings in two months. Witnesses included police, pilots, and ordinary citizens describing craft and entities across the country.
European Parliament's 2025 UAP Resolution
Strasbourg, France
On October 22, 2025, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution urging EU member states to establish coordinated procedures for the reporting, analysis, and declassification of unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Joseph Vacher and the Demonic Defense
Lyon, France
The French serial killer Joseph Vacher, condemned to death in 1898, mounted what amounted to a possession defense, claiming that his crimes had been committed under the compulsion of a demonic force that entered him through a rabid dog's bite.
Cussac France Encounter
Cussac, Cantal, France
Two children watching cattle observed four small black beings near a spherical craft. The entities floated up into the object, which then departed with a whistling sound.
The Trans-en-Provence Case
Trans-en-Provence, France
A French farmer witnessed a disc-shaped craft land in his garden. GEPAN, the official French UFO agency, investigated and found physical traces that science couldn't explain.
Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace
Trans-en-Provence, France
Farmer Renato Nicolai witnessed a disc-shaped craft land briefly in his garden. French government scientists found the soil and plants showed evidence of powerful heating and electromagnetic effects.
Archive · France
- 2025 UFO European Parliament's 2025 UAP Resolution Strasbourg, France
- 2005 UFO France UFO Sighting, 2005 — AARO Records (D213P26) France
- 2005 UFO France UFO Sighting, 2005 — AARO Records (D214P26) France
- 2005 UFO France UFO Sighting, 2005 — AARO Records France
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records France
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records (D213P26) France
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records (D214P26) France
- 1981 UFO The Trans-en-Provence Case Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Landing Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Incident Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence UFO Landing Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1979 UFO The Cergy-Pontoise Abduction Cergy-Pontoise, France
- 1977 UFO France UFO Sighting (1977-1987) — AARO Records France
- 1977 UFO France UFO Sighting (1977-1987) — AARO Records (D213P26) France
- 1977 UFO France UFO Sighting (1977-1987) — AARO Records (D214P26) France
- 1967 UFO Cussac France Encounter Cussac, Cantal, France
- 1965 UFO Valensole UFO Landing Valensole, Provence, France
- 1965 UFO Valensole France Encounter Valensole, Provence, France
- 1965 UFO Valensole Lavender Field Encounter Valensole, France
- 1965 UFO The Valensole Encounter Valensole, France
- 1965 UFO Valensole UFO Encounter Valensole, France
- 1954 UFO French UFO Wave of 1954 France
- 1954 UFO Quarouble UFO Landing Quarouble, France
- 1952 UFO Oloron, France UFO Sighting (Oct. 17, 1952) — FBI Files Oloron, France
- 1952 UFO Paris, France UFO Sighting (Oct. 7, 1952) — FBI Files Paris, France
- 1951 Other Dieppe Raid Time Slip Puys, Normandy, France
- 1944 Haunting Oradour-sur-Glane Haute-Vienne, France
- 1922 Poltergeist The Mulhouse Poltergeist Mulhouse, Alsace, France
- 1921 UFO The Marseilles Abduction of 1921 Marseilles, France
- 1901 Apparition The Ghosts of Trianon Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: A Timeslip at Versailles Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: Time Slip at Versailles Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Versailles Time Slip Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident (Versailles Time Slip) Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Apparition The Versailles Time Slip: Moberly and Jourdain Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other Moberly-Jourdain Incident Palace of Versailles, France
- 1898 Possession Joseph Vacher and the Demonic Defense Lyon, France
- 1889 Other The Vanishing Hotel Room Paris, France
- 1857 Possession The Morzine Possessions Morzine, Haute-Savoie, France
- 1851 Poltergeist The Cideville Poltergeist Cideville, Normandy, France
- 1846 Poltergeist Angélique Cottin: The Electric Girl La Perrière, Normandy, France
- 1840 Possession The Possession of Antoine Gay Auxonne, France
- 1804 Apparition The Ghosts of Père Lachaise Paris, France
- 1804 Apparition The Ghosts of Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris, France
- 1804 Haunting Pere Lachaise Cemetery Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting Catacombs of Paris Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting Paris Catacombs Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting Paris Catacombs Ghosts Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting The Paris Catacombs Haunting Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting Paris Catacombs Hauntings Paris, France
- 1786 Haunting The Paris Catacombs Paris, France
- 1785 Haunting The Paris Catacombs Hauntings Paris, France
- 1764 Cryptid The Beast of Gévaudan: History's Deadliest Cryptid Gévaudan, France
- 1764 Cryptid Gévaudan Beast Attacks Gévaudan Province, France
- 1764 Cryptid The Beast of Gévaudan Gévaudan, France
- 1764 Cryptid The Monster of Gévaudan Gévaudan, France
- 1764 Cryptid Beast of Gévaudan Gévaudan, France
- 1669 Other The Man in the Iron Mask France
- 1658 Possession The Auxonne Nuns Possession Auxonne, France
- 1643 Possession The Louviers Possessions Louviers, France
- 1643 Possession The Possessions of Louviers Louviers, France
- 1643 Possession The Louviers Convent Possession Louviers, Normandy, France
- 1632 Possession The Demons of Loudun Loudun, France
- 1632 Possession The Possessions of Loudun Loudun, France
- 1632 Possession The Loudun Possessions Loudun, France
- 1613 Possession The Cambrai Convent Possession Cambrai, France
- 1609 Possession The Aix-en-Provence Possessions Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1609 Possession The Gaufridi Possession Trial Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1609 Possession The Aix-en-Provence Possession Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1598 Possession The Marthe Brossier Fraud Case Paris, France
- 1598 Possession The Possession of Marthe Brossier Romorantin, France
- 1598 Possession The Werewolf of Châlons Paris, France
- 1566 Possession The Possession of Nicole Obry Laon, France
- 1566 Possession The Luranç Possession Laon, France
- 1565 Possession The Possession of Nicole Aubrey Laon, France
- 1503 Other Nostradamus France
- 1502 Apparition Château de Brissac Brissac-Quincé, France
- 1425 Apparition The Voices of Joan of Arc Domremy, Lorraine, France
- 1400 Other Meowing Nuns of Medieval France France
- -250 Haunting The Ghosts of Paris: The Catacombs, the Guillotine, and the City of Light Paris, France