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Seine-Maritime, France · 1987-10-04 · from the GEIPAN archive

An account in Seine-Maritime, France

During the nights of October 4 to 18, 1987, a witness observes a very bright point in the sky. Following an article published in the regional press, many other witnesses of this observation come forward. It is probably the planet Jupiter, which with its satellites shows intense and spectacular activity during this period of the year.

 

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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.