Indre, France · 1982-10-21 · from the GEIPAN archive
On October 21, 1981 at around 6:45 p.m., 3 witnesses saw for a few seconds the passage of a very bright ball moving very quickly. This ball, white at first, had a trail and turned red before disappearing. This observation has all the characteristics of an atmospheric reentry.
On November 14, 1978 at 10:14 PM, a witness observed the rapid passage from southeast to northwest of a bright ball followed by a fiery-colored trail. No noise was heard during the observati…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 7, 2002 at around 8 a.m., several independent witnesses observed the very rapid fall of an orange fireball. The observation was very brief (1 to 2 seconds): the ball had a trail …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 12, 1982 at around 8:30 PM, a witness observed in the sky a very bright ball about 80 cm in diameter. Silver in color, it was followed by a light-orange trail. During the entire obs…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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