Var, France · 1989-10-09 · from the GEIPAN archive
On October 9, 1981, at around 5 a.m., a person spotted from their garden a flying object of cylindrical shape. It was about 100 meters away, and the witness described it as measuring 1.50 meters in diameter and 30 meters in height. During the observation, which lasted 6 minutes, they could see that the object was orange in its central part and then became yellow and white at the edges. During the investigation, no other witness and no traces at the scene were found. This phenomenon remains unexplained due to lack of data.
On January 24, 1980, between 6:05 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., a witness claims to have observed the arrival and departure of an unidentified flying object. At the beginning of his observation, he de…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 28, 1980 at around 4:15 a.m., a witness driving a car saw a luminous object on his right. This spherical object was stationary about 40 meters above the ground and 150 meters from…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On June 24, 2001 at around 7 p.m., a witness observed a vertical cylindrical object moving slowly. The witness filmed the phenomenon while following it on a motorcycle to see it better as it…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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