Case file · Sighting
Bouhmama soldier's sighting
During the Algerian War, around 1958, a soldier in the Aurès region near Bouhmama said a large elliptical craft with a greenish glow hovered for 40–50 minutes, shining a beam downward, before leaving at high speed.
1958 CE · 35.32, 6.74 · status: account
The account
The account was published in Flying Saucer Review in 1973 by Joël Mesnard. Many sightings were rumoured among troops in Algeria's war zones between 1954 and 1962.
The sceptical view
Reported 15 years later by a single witness, with no military record found.