Haute-Savoie, France · 1985-01-31 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Haute-Savoie, France
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification explained in an investigation note. This observation case is one of the cases classified "C" by SEPRA (Service for the Study of Atmospheric Re-entry Phenomena). On 22 February 1985 at around 7:40 p.m., several witnesses saw in the clear, starry sky a particular luminous phenomenon in the direction of the West. The phenomenon is described as a green-colored core from which green arrows detach; red lights also blink regularly from the core. The W-N movement of the luminous phenomenon is slow and the observation will last about 1 hour. Following a call for witnesses launched in the local press, a witness to a similar observation that took place on 31 January 1985 came forward.
This case is consistent (four witnesses, of whom only two could be interviewed), the description of the observed UAP is precise. The sincerity and credibility of the witnesses have never been called into question.
The described phenomenon presents many common characteristics (observation duration, shape, size, color, trajectory) with a perfectly known astronomical object: the planet Venus. Moreover, Venus was indeed present in the area of the sky observed while the witness does not mention it, and was particularly bright.
In GEIPAN's current classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as UAP A, an observation linked to a misidentification with Venus.
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