Hérault, France · 1998-02-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 8, 1998, at around 3 p.m., a witness reported seeing a black object in the sky. The investigation quickly showed that the witness had observed a kite used the same day by a professional photographer to take aerial photographs. A demonstration was given to the witness, who confirmed that the kite matched what he had observed.
On August 30, 2008 at around 7:50 p.m., a witness observed a flying object that he could not identify. He took a series of photographs and made a film of the object's evolution. (The film wa…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 31, 2010 at 6:20 PM, a person observes from their balcony an object of dark color with no definable shape moving in the sky. The witness has time to take photographs and calls their…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 2, 2015 at one in the morning, a witness in the courtyard of his home observes for 3 minutes a red-orange ball in the sky: the witness thinks he sees an airplane. At 1:40 a.m. th…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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