Var, France · 1981-07-16 · from the GEIPAN archive
On July 16, 1981, at around 11:45 PM, several witnesses on a boat saw a flying object above the island of Port-Cros, larger than a star. This object, described as having the shape of a torch, was white-green in color. During the observation, which lasted several seconds, the object moved slowly and on a horizontal trajectory. No other information was collected about this phenomenon.
Around 6 a.m. on April 12, 1982, several witnesses claim to have seen a luminous phenomenon in the sky. Oval in shape and orange in color, an object flies at very high altitude but very slow…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 15, 1983 at around 9:30 PM, a witness observed from their terrace an object of rounded shape moving at high speed in the sky. This shape, green and blue in color, left behind it a ve…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 3, 1981 at around 10:55 p.m., a witness observed for approximately 40 seconds, and at less than 400 meters from him, a flying object moving very slowly and close to the ground. As …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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