By Bertrand Méheust Translated by Renaud Évrard This unpublished manuscript discovered by French sociologist Pierre Lagrange in the archives of Francine Fouéré is the very first article of the French philosopher and psychical researcher Bertrand Méheust, and was submitted in 1975 to the journal Phénomènes Spatiaux (1963-1977). Most of the footnotes referring to sources have been lost. The ideas set out here served as a springboard for his first book (Méheust, 1978) and his other studies on extraterrestrial abductions (Méheust, 2019). Translation and publication are authorized by the author.