Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 1994-07-31 · from the GEIPAN archive
Two witnesses report having seen, on July 31, 1994 at around 1:15 a.m., just above the hills east of Marseille, a red half-sphere twice the size of the moon, turning yellow as it shrank. The witnesses note the disappearance of the phenomenon in a thin streak of light. The witnesses cannot explain what they saw. This case was classified "C" for lack of information. In July 2012 a reconstruction at the same location and at the same time was to be carried out as part of a possible saros cycle (see explanations in the investigation report). After a fully conclusive reconstruction 18 years later, GEIPAN classifies this case "A": misidentification with the Moon at its rising.
On Sunday, August 17, 1980, at around 10 p.m., in a forest house, two witnesses are intrigued by a very bright phenomenon in the direction of the West. Seen through binoculars, an object sha…
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
On May 30, 1977 at 3:30 a.m., two people in a car observe a glowing ball of red-orange color above the town of Vitteaux. This ball is at low altitude and moves slowly in a south-to-north dir…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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