Gard, France · 1985-10-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 20, 1985 at around 7:15 a.m., two witnesses saw in the sky a bright object of circular shape, stationary, resembling a star. During this fairly long observation, one of the witnesses, equipped with binoculars, saw the object flatten out and take on a cigar shape. From one of the ends, a bright point seemed to detach itself and moved at low speed, leaving behind it bright turbulence. Two to three minutes later, the phenomenon resumed its initial shape. Around 7:40 a.m., clouds definitively hid the phenomenon. No other information could be gathered about this phenomenon.
On February 2, 1977, at around 8:45 p.m., a witness observed a luminous phenomenon through binoculars for about three minutes. He described a circular shape in two parts: bright and yellow o…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 12, 1982 at around 6:30 a.m., a witness observed a very strong glow in the sky. Through binoculars he saw a ball with irregular shapes dotted with bright points; during the observat…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 2, 2011, starting at 6:15 a.m., two witnesses observed from the living room of their apartment a dark circle in which bright lights sparkled. About the size of the full moon, thi…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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