AnomalyOn September 5 at around 11 p.m., four people saw a particular luminous phenomenon in a pine grove near their home. Trapezoidal in shape, this glow of high intensity was observed for about 10 minutes before going out suddenly. No noise was heard. At 11:45 p.m., the patrol that arrived at the scene observed no glow. The on-site investigation the next day found a circle of 20 to 30 cm in diameter of ferns, all lying flat in the same direction. The gendarmerie patrol stationed there the next evening at the same spot found that the phenomenon came from the moonlight shining through the pines. It was later established that the ground traces were due to a forestry machine.
Sarthe, France · 1981-09-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Sarthe, France
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