Trans-en-Provence became a major French case because a very short sighting generated a long laboratory trail.

Cussac remains a French classic because two children reported a compact scene involving small beings, a luminous sphere and later official review.

Valensole became a French classic because an early-morning farm report stayed simple, stable and hard to dismiss outright.

Quarouble is a major French 1954 wave case, but its initial report has to be separated from later embellishment.