Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France · 1985-08-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
On August 1, 1985 at around 11:15 PM, a witness observes in the sky a fixed, luminous point, slightly reddish like a star. This point then moves vertically above the village, changing color and light intensity, taking a "delta" shape and moving horizontally faster and faster. The witness notes that a few seconds after its vertical movement, a dull sound is heard, and that as it moves away the object becomes a luminous point again. No other observation of this phenomenon could be collected.
On July 26, 2009 at around 10:20 PM, a witness sitting on his terrace was observing the starry sky. For 7 to 8 seconds, he followed the linear south-north movement of a white luminous point …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On May 3, 2018 at 10:30 PM, a witness is intrigued by the presence at low altitude in a clear sky of a fixed light. The witness then describes multiple movements (left to right, up and down)…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On Sunday, April 15, 1979, at around 10:45 p.m., witnesses observe in the sky a luminous point that moves. When it stops, it changes color while twinkling. The police officers called to the …
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