Seine-Maritime, France · 1989-01-12 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 12, 1989, a woman driving her car observed, about 30 meters above the marshes, a cylindrical shape described as "enormous," with a dome on top emitting a yellow light and a series of glowing red and white portholes at its base. As she passed by, the object went out and lit up again a few seconds later, much higher in the sky. The observation lasted only a few seconds in total. The investigations carried out did not make it possible to gather any other information or to identify the phenomenon.
On August 29, 1980 at around 8:50 PM, two witnesses on their terrace observed a particular phenomenon in the sky. Coming from the West, a ball seen against the light, black in color, passed …
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