Martinique, France · 1937------ · from the GEIPAN archive
Recent testimony (11/09/1979) of an old observation made in 1937 in the east of Martinique (the witness no longer remembers the day and month; January 1st is a date given arbitrarily). The witness reports having seen at 6 p.m. the West-East passage of a globe well lit by the setting sun, advancing slowly. The witness describes the phenomenon as having a diameter greater than the Moon. The phenomenon gradually disappears at the horizon. The observation lasted nearly a minute. No other testimony was collected. GEIPAN classifies the case as C: lack of precision.
A witness at their post at the Sylans toll station on the A40 motorway (municipality of Neyrolles (01)) observes for about twenty seconds the silent passage of a luminous phenomenon in the s…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Recent testimony (20/03/1975) of an old observation (the witness does not remember the exact date; the case is arbitrarily dated 01/08/1951). In August 1951 around midnight, a witness in Bia…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 20, 2010, GEIPAN received a testimony from a person concerning an old observation made in late October 1996 at 9 p.m. (the witness did not specify the exact date, so the date of O…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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