Vendée, France · from the GEIPAN archive
The witness reported in 2008 an observation made during a summer between 1990 and 1993 (the date of 01/06/1990 is given arbitrarily). One evening, around 11 p.m., while he was about to go camping with a friend in his garden, the witness, aged about ten, observed from the entrance of his tent the arrival in the clear sky of three white lights outlining a large opaque triangular shape. The phenomenon moved silently and very slowly above the town on a straight trajectory. During the short observation, the witness had the impression that the main triangle was formed by a set of triangles made up of other lights. The young boy was frightened and his friend did not have time to see the phenomenon. Only one testimony was collected. This testimony is not usable by GEIPAN. Indeed, it is an observation made by a child reported 18 years after the facts without specifying the date (or even the year) of the observation. GEIPAN is not even able to search its database and make connections with neighboring testimonies by location and/or date. Consequently, GEIPAN classifies this case as C: lack of information.
What stood out: a triangle shape
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