France, France · 1989-03-13 · from the GEIPAN archive
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative experience gained over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change in classification, explained in an investigation note. This observation case (previously named Bonnières-Sur-Seine (78) 13.03.1989) is one of the cases classified as "B" in 1989 by SEPRA as a "spectacular natural phenomenon of light propagation." On March 13, 1989, between 10:30 PM and 11:28 PM, several witnesses, in Morbihan (56) and in Yvelines (78), observed a large-scale luminous phenomenon in the cloud layers. The colors observed were very varied: yellow, green, red. The gendarmerie units that conducted the investigations linked this phenomenon to the solar eruption that occurred at the same time and was reported by the media. The described phenomenon presents many common characteristics (observation duration, size, color) with a perfectly known astronomical phenomenon: an aurora borealis. Moreover, an aurora borealis was indeed exceptionally observed in France on March 13, 1989. It is perfectly normal that the witnesses did not immediately recognize an aurora borealis, because this astronomical phenomenon is rarely observed from metropolitan France (occurrence of about one every ten years). In GEIPAN's current classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as PAN A, observation of an aurora borealis.
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classif…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
This observation case is one of the cases classified as "C" in 2010 by GEIPAN. It was the subject of a new investigation (see the document: investigation notes). On October 8, 1978 at 10:20 …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
This observation case was re-examined (see the document Investigation Notes). On January 13, 1978, at around 5:40 p.m., a female driver and then her husband observed the slow movement of a l…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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