La Réunion, France · 1984-11-12 · from the GEIPAN archive
On November 12, 1984 at around 7 p.m., several witnesses saw for between 5 and 6 seconds above the coastline a white ball the size of a football with a bright red tail about 2 meters long. The movement of this phenomenon was slow, silent, and at low altitude along a straight-line trajectory. This phenomenon has the characteristics of an atmospheric reentry.
On March 16, 1999, at around 8 p.m., a witness observed the very rapid passage of two aerial phenomena made up of a small orange ball and a ball of sparks. The trajectory of the two balls wa…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On May 13, 1980 at around 4:45 a.m., a witness, walking to work, was surprised by the appearance in the sky of a very bright green ball. It moved along a south-to-north trajectory and at ver…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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