Gard, France · 1996-04-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
On April 8, 1996, a witness in a car observed for a few moments a fireball with a trail that was falling toward the ground. The phenomenon was silent and the ball went out suddenly, turning dark red. The description given by the witness matches the observation of an atmospheric re-entry.
What stood out: an orange orb
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On Friday, May 15, 2015, at around 10 p.m., a motorist and his female passenger observed numerous passages of white glows with a slight trail behind them in the night sky. The observation la…
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A witness observes on 11 February 2009 at 10:00 a fireball on a descending trajectory in the overcast sky. The police, once alerted, will find no fire or material debris in the defined impac…
both described an orange orb · 72 km away
On August 14, 2012, between 11:30 PM and 11:35 PM, a witness sees appear in the sky an orange light, rounded in shape, vaguely triangular. He notes a silent movement: the trajectory is perfe…
both described an orange orb · 73 km away
On December 31, 1977, after 7 p.m., several people observe in the sky a glowing orange phenomenon that intrigues them. A person who learned through his neighbors of these facts reported in t…
both described an orange orb · 73 km away
On October 13, 2014 at 8:50 PM, a witness looking toward the northwest observed for 10 seconds the movements of an orange light coming from his right (see his diagram), which made a 90° turn…
both described an orange orb · 73 km away
On September 16, 2012 at 8:24 PM, a witness on their balcony had their attention drawn by the silent movement of a white luminous point. The trajectory is east-west and the phenomenon disapp…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On November 13, 1997 at around 7:30 PM, a witness observed for a few seconds a luminous phenomenon moving toward the ground at high speed. The phenomenon was silent and orange in color. The …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 7, 2002 at around 8 a.m., several independent witnesses observed the very rapid fall of an orange fireball. The observation was very brief (1 to 2 seconds): the ball had a trail …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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