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Loire-Atlantique, France · 1982-02-01 · from the GEIPAN archive

An account in Loire-Atlantique, France

On February 1, 1982, between 11:20 PM and 11:30 PM, several amateur astronomers observe with their binoculars about fifteen objects moving in a south-southeast direction without making any noise. Slightly elongated in shape and colored, they are very bright. No change in shape or color is noticed during the observation. The available information does not allow analysis of the phenomenon.

 

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.