Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
missing time
French translation:
absence temporelle
English term
Cote D'ivoire
English teacher; freelance translator
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss, Luxembourgish, Belgian, Cameroon, Canadian, African) 
, English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian)
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
Missing time
Example sentence:
" A couple driving the mountains at night sees a strange light in the sky that seems to be tracking their car. They came home about two hours later than they should have gotten home, and they just couldn't figure it out. It's took X and Y two years or so to actually recall any of what happened during that missing time."
I have tried different translations for that term (période d'absence, période manquante, trou noir) but none of them seems to match the context. Could you help with a suggestion?
Thank you.
| 4 | absence temporelle |
Sylvie LE BRAS
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| 4 | vide temporel |
JACQUES LHOMME
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| 4 | temps suspendu |
mchd
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| 3 | Passage à blanc |
ormiston
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Jul 4, 2021 07:01: Sylvie LE BRAS Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
France
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French, and 1 more.
absence temporelle
| Je vous remercie infiniment de votre suggestion. |
France
Expertise in several areas
Native in: French
Works in: German to French, English to French
vide temporel
| Merci infiniment de votre suggestion. |
temps suspendu
| J'apprécie énorméménent votre aide. |
Passage à blanc
| J'apprécie votre aide. Merci encore. |
Discussion
"PENDANT CES DEUX HEURES" me semble couler de source.
Pas besoin de faire plus compliqué pour exprimer quelque chose d'aussi simple, a fortiori lorsque le contexte est déjà parfaitement explicite.