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Var, France · 1988-08-17 · from the GEIPAN archive

An orange orb in Var, France

On August 17, 1988 at around 10:30 PM, several witnesses briefly observed in the sky an orange ball followed by a bluish light. The testimonies differ somewhat, particularly regarding the speed. Although the object could also suggest the moon, it is probably an atmospheric reentry.

What stood out: an orange orb

 

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1981-11-22

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1980-03-03

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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.