Manche, France · 1994-05-14 · from the GEIPAN archive
Photographed in Manche, France
On May 14, 1994 at around 9:20 PM, four witnesses followed, photographed, and filmed the movement of an oval object moving through the sky. In a nearby field as well as in the neighboring canton, pieces of balloons with cards from a balloon launch contest were found. This children's contest had been launched from England. The observed phenomenon is therefore likely one of these balloons.
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