Yonne, France · 1981-02-26 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 26, 1981 at around 6:30 p.m., several witnesses saw the passage of a particular luminous phenomenon in the sky for a few seconds. A circular shape of orange color moved from southwest to northeast, followed in its wake by a luminous trail. The descriptions and drawings made by the people indicate that they were probably witnesses to an atmospheric reentry.
At 3 a.m. on June 16, 1982, witnesses spotted in the sky an object of spherical shape in a halo followed by a set of smaller points of orange-yellow color forming a luminous trail. This set …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 28, 1978, at around 7:10 PM, several witnesses observed the rapid passage from East to West of a luminous phenomenon in the sky. The witnesses describe a fireball with a luminous …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
In the night of July 16, 1976, a witness at 4:30 a.m. saw from a window of his home the passage of a luminous phenomenon without being able to clearly see a shape or hear any particular nois…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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