Calvados, France · 1998-08-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
On August 5 and 6, 1998, at around 10:30 p.m., a woman observed the passage of a white light crossing the sky. The investigation showed that the MIR station was perfectly visible on those two days at the time of the observation. An American experiment involving an unmanned aircraft remotely controlled by satellite could also have been visible on August 22. Given the observations made, the hypothesis that the MIR station was observed is retained.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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