France, France · 1997-02-04 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 4, 1997 at around 6:20 p.m., about ten witnesses spread across several departments in southwestern France observed, for a few seconds, the very rapid passage of a luminous ball on a descending trajectory with a significant trail. Some witnesses observed this ball exploding into several pieces. This is undoubtedly an atmospheric reentry, probably that of a meteorite.
On October 20, 1988, between 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., two witnesses observed the very rapid passage, along a vertical trajectory, of a light blue luminous ball with a trail made up of orange…
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
On the morning of November 8, 1978, several witnesses located in different departments observed the rapid passage of a luminous phenomenon in the sky. According to the witnesses' description…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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