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the car. 133 PURPLE JUSTICE pleasant nor unpleasant. He was a pure observer in such dreams, with- out any fear. It was the next day, Wednesday, December 5, about noon, that Dr. Hassoun collected new blood samples. A skin examination of Franck's body showed nothing abnormal. A urine analysis and an X-ray examina- tion were scheduled for the next day, but Franck did not keep the appointment. The relationship between GEPAN members and the witnesses, which was not very warm to begin with, got worse with the cancellation of every scheduled appointment. It continued to deteriorate. Salomon, in particular, made aggressive statements about the scientists’ close association with the police, and the investigative work of GEPAN was systematically distorted by the witnesses when they spoke to the press. They maintained an arrogant and aggressive attitude. Following their disappointing meetings with the witnesses, Esterle and his associates gave up direct interviews and ran their investigation along three parallel tracks: search for additional witnesses, search for physical evidence, and analysis of the discourse of the witnesses. This inquiry yielded two important new witnesses, code-named Remi and Lisette in the official report. Remi lives in central France, about two hundred miles away from Cergy-Pontoise, where he was temporarily renting an apartment while working on a nearby construction site. He had spent the Sunday before Franck's disappearance at home with his family in Poitiers, and he had left after the late movie, arriving at the Purple Justice about 4:25 A.M., plus or minus ten minutes. He stopped at the entrance to the first parking lot and saw a station wagon in the second (lower) parking lot. He is certain that he saw not one, but two people get into the front of Remi walked toward the building while the station wagon with the two passengers drove away. He went into his own apartment, went to bed and slept peacefully until late that morning, when he learned of Franck's disappearance. Remi never saw any unusual aerial phenomenon in the area. Given the topology of the site, it would be natural for Franck and his two