Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 1983-01-26 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 26, 1983, between 6:55 and 7:08 a.m., several witnesses in the Bouches-du-Rhône saw a white luminous ball moving horizontally. This ball was followed by a colored trail. The observations, lasting between 4 and 45 seconds, allowed the witnesses to notice the total absence of noise and a very high speed. This phenomenon disappeared into the landscape. No other information could be gathered about this phenomenon, which according to the testimonies resembles an atmospheric reentry.
On March 29, 2008, at around 9:30 PM, several witnesses observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky for 3 seconds. A very bright yellow ball moved at high speed from the southwest to the north…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 11, 1978, witnesses in several departments observed a luminous phenomenon moving at high speed in the sky without any noise being heard. A trail was also seen. This phenomenon di…
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
There are thousands more like this in the record. Open one at random, or read the ones the most people recognise.
Read anotherMost recognisedOr if something like this happened to you, write it down and we will look for the others who saw it too.
If this reminds you of something a friend or a relative told you once and never mentioned again, send them this page. Reading that a stranger described the same thing is usually the part that helps.
Nothing is tracked back to you and nothing is sent on your behalf. The link is just the page you are reading.
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.
Anomaly