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Oise, France · 1996-11-24 · from the GEIPAN archive

An account in Oise, France

On November 24, 1996 at around 4 p.m., a witness observed bright points and objects moving in the sky. Another witness contacted by the first will observe the phenomenon, clearly identifying the movement of aircraft very common in the region. It is therefore a case of mistaken identity involving airplanes.

 

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.