Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France · 2007------ · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Recent brief testimony (March 28, 2010) about an old sighting (the date given is arbitrary). In spring 2007 (early May according to the witness, who does not give us a precise date), two people are frightened by a brief sight of a large mass in the sky. It is 11:30 PM and fog is heavy over the suburban area. While returning to their car on the street, two witnesses observe twice, at about 500 [meters] distance and altitude, a huge motionless metallic shape surrounded by a halo of light. No noise is heard during the very brief observations. No other testimony is collected about this phenomenon. Any investigation is impossible due to lack of sufficient information.
On Monday, May 20, 2013 at approximately 4:05 PM, a person lying on the beach in Menton is intrigued by a phenomenon observed offshore above the sea. The witness sees a white object at the c…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 9, 1976 at 2:05 a.m., a motorist and his passengers are intrigued then frightened by the presence of a luminous mass in the slightly cloudy sky. Their observation begins at the e…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Recent testimony (2 September 2009) of an old observation (in 1996, give or take about 2 years; the day and month given here are arbitrary because the witness did not state them precisely). …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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