Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France · 1988-10-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
On October 20, 1988, between 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., two witnesses observed the very rapid passage, along a vertical trajectory, of a light blue luminous ball with a trail made up of orange-yellow sparks. The observation was very brief (2 to 3 seconds) and silent. The description given by the witnesses leads to favoring the hypothesis of an atmospheric reentry.
On September 7, 1988 at around 11 p.m., a witness observed the very rapid passage of a luminous ball followed by a white trail seeming to give off sparks. The phenomenon crossed the sky in a…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 27, 1997 at around 7:45 a.m., a motorist observed the fall at high speed of an object in flames. The phenomenon was silent and very brief, about 3 seconds. It was blue and yellow…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 1, 1999, a little after 7 a.m., about a dozen witnesses in two departments in the Southeast observed a large luminous ball with sparks at the rear that passed at high speed befor…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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