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UFOport Arès

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  • Location: Arès, Arcachon, New Aquitaine, France

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    July 31, 2025

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    UFO Landing Site Ovniport
    A waterfront landing site designated for unidentified flying objects is still awaiting its first guest.
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    Arès, Bassin d'Arcachon. Imagine: You are an alien in a flying saucer, traveling for light-years, and when it's time to land on Earth… nothing. Not a single quiet parking spot. Fortunately, Arès has thought of everything since 1976.

    On the initiative of the then mayor Christian Raymond and Bob Cotten – UFO enthusiast and employee of Mérignac airport – this crazy but brilliant idea was born: a UFO landing pad on the Esplanade Georges Dartiguelongue, right on the beach. The inauguration took place on August 15, 1976, as part of the Oyster Festival, with great pomp (and oyster shells).
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    Location: Arès, Arcachon, New Aquitaine, France

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