Jean-Charles Duboc
Captain Jean-Charles Duboc was, on 28 January 1994, the commander of Air France flight 3532 Nice–London, during which — at 350 knots, together with his co-pilot Valerie Chauffour — he observed an approximately 230-metre-long dark object that, after around one minute, vanished instantaneously. Radar data from the CODA system confirmed the sighting, and the French SEPRA agency classified the case as "Type D" — genuinely unexplained.
- Commander of Air France flight 3532 on 28 January 1994
- Flight route Nice–London at a speed of 350 knots
- Co-pilot Valerie Chauffour on board with him
- Observation of an approximately 230-metre-long dark object after one minute of visual contact
- Object vanished instantaneously
- Confirmation of the sighting through CODA radar data
- Official SEPRA statement with classification "Type D" (genuinely unexplained)
For the UAP timeline, Duboc is the French civil-aviation reference case of the 1990s — one of the few sightings where a state body officially classified the case as "unexplained". Together with COMETA, this file forms the French heavyweight in the European UAP debate.
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