Occitanie, France · 1991-10-10 · from the GEIPAN archive
Boom in Occitanie, France
On 10/10/1991 at around 9:30 PM, numerous witnesses spread across all the departments of the Southwest observed for a few seconds a very bright white light moving very quickly with a significant trail in a generally north-south direction. Some witnesses also heard a loud explosion accompanying the phenomenon.
An article in the local newspaper allowed many witnesses to come forward.
The characteristics of the observation favor the hypothesis of a large-scale atmospheric reentry, probably natural given the observed direction.
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