Charente-Maritime, France · 1983-03-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
Boom in Charente-Maritime, France
Following the discovery of a crater of unknown origin in a wheat field, an investigation was carried out between March and April 1983. After abandoning the hypothesis of an underground explosion caused by the presence of munitions from the last world war, the investigators looked into the possibility of a natural phenomenon. The investigation showed that the formation of this crater occurred on March 15, the day on which there was a major storm with a violent clap of thunder: the crater was probably formed following the impact on the ground of a lightning strike.
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