Calvados, France · 1998-08--- · from the GEIPAN archive
The witness reports in 2013 having observed in August 1998 at 1:30 a.m. a luminous phenomenon, a sort of flash lasting one or two seconds maximum, appearing in all colors and across the entire surface of the sky. The witness's sister also saw the phenomenon. Only one testimony is reported. This testimony cannot be used by GEIPAN. Indeed, it is an observation reported 15 years after the facts without the exact date of the day of the observation being specified. The observation is not strange because it suggests a meteoroid atmospheric re-entry flash, but it is impossible to investigate further in that direction. Consequently, GEIPAN classifies this case as C: lack of information.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 2, 2011, between 9:15 PM and 9:30 PM, a witness at their window observed the passage of a luminous phenomenon in the Parisian sky. A bright point moved rapidly along a straight t…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On November 30, 2009, between 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., three witnesses observed the movements of three white points in a clear, cloudless sky. GEIPAN received only one testimony, which repo…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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