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Yvelines, France · 2003-02-05 · from the GEIPAN archive

A triangle shape in Yvelines, France

On February 5, 2003, at around 6:50 p.m., a witness observed a large triangular object with 9 orange-colored rings. The shape emitted a slight airplane noise; the weather was cloudy. After remaining stationary for a few seconds, the phenomenon turned 45 degrees, took an ascending trajectory, and disappeared. Unexplained phenomenon classified as D.

What stood out: a triangle shape

 

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.