Ain, France · 1981-11-22 · from the GEIPAN archive
On November 28, 1981 at 12:45 AM, two gendarmes on duty observed in the sky the presence of an extremely bright light. It was stationary and seemed to blink. Observation with binoculars allowed them to distinguish around the edge of this light flashes of several colors. These turned on and off in a disorderly manner. The gendarmes had a celestial map, and they located the luminous point to the left of the constellation Orion. This observation lasted several hours. After checking with astronomy software, these witnesses had certainly seen, that night, Sirius, which is particularly visible in the sky at that time of year.
On January 25, 1980 at around 10 p.m., a witness as well as the gendarmes called to the scene observe 2 luminous points brighter than the stars. These two points rise slowly in the sky as th…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 22, 2010 at 1:55 a.m., a witness observed from the garden a stationary luminous point that intrigued him. Looking at it more carefully, he saw that the light emitted by this poin…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 31, 2017 at 12:55 AM, a witness took advantage of the clear sky to look at the sky and the stars, toward the East (the West being less visible due to the brightness of the moon an…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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