Moselle, France · 1997-09-04 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 7, 1997, at around 2 a.m., a couple watching a fireworks display observed a luminous phenomenon stationary to the right of the fireworks. At the same time, in another town, another couple made the same observation. One of the witnesses filmed the phenomenon, which seemed to be very close, about ten meters above the ground. The investigation conducted jointly by the gendarmerie and SEPRA showed without ambiguity that the observed phenomenon was the moon under particular conditions (cloudy sky and beginning of an eclipse).
The gendarmerie was informed via the press that several people had observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky several times in a row. The witnesses' descriptions vary as to the very descripti…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 9, 1976 at 2:05 a.m., a motorist and his passengers are intrigued then frightened by the presence of a luminous mass in the slightly cloudy sky. Their observation begins at the e…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 22, 1978 at around 11:45 PM, several people observed in the sky a very bright yellow-orange luminous phenomenon emitting rays. For 15 minutes, one witness observed the phenomenon wit…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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