Calvados, France · 1998-07-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Calvados, France
On July 19, 1998 at around 11 p.m., several witnesses successively observed three red lights rising into the sky before falling back gently. One of these phenomena reportedly caused a fire. The investigation quickly showed that these were expired distress flare launches carried out by a private individual.
On February 24, 1985, at around 7:30 PM, several witnesses in the same area saw a pinkish-red ball fall: an explosion was also heard. The investigation would show that it was the effects of …
On Saturday, June 19, 2010 at around 11:30 PM, a witness near a village festival is intrigued by a red light varying in intensity and by an object with white lights that the witness does not…
On May 29, 2013 (and not May 30 as indicated by the witness in his questionnaire) at 11:45 PM, a motorist observes, several dozen meters above the ground, the presence of a black phenomenon …
On August 6, 1977, at 1:30 in the morning, two people observe, outside their home, a luminous phenomenon that intrigues them. A glow of strong intensity, yellow-orange in color, moves slowly…
On July 21, 2013 at around 4 a.m., a witness is intrigued by the fixed presence of a dark red light in the cloudy sky. The witness's direction of observation (Courcelles) corresponds to azim…
On September 19, 1979 at 10 p.m., two witnesses out jogging observe in the sky a red glow in the shape of a ball that sparkles like a star. Suddenly this glow moves at a dizzying speed to ap…
On February 9, 1981, at around 2:45 p.m., a witness observed in the sky a fireball of orange color followed by a trail of gray smoke. This sphere descended slowly and silently. It disappeare…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On May 26, 1980 at around 10:45 PM, several witnesses, including police officers, would see a luminous phenomenon in the sky. Two objects, red in color and circular in shape, fell slowly tow…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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