AnomalyOn September 18, 2007, a female driver was intrigued by the passage of an object in the sky. She phoned her husband, who was also able to see the rapid movement of a large oval white spot in the sky. According to the gendarmerie investigation, no object fell to the ground in the indicated area. This observation is not very strange: the shape of the object, its movement with the wind (Mistral: N to N/W) are the characteristics of a balloon, very bright at the end of the day. One might think of a scientific balloon released from the Haute Provence Observatory (verification not done). This case is classified "B" probable observation of a scientific balloon.
Var, France · 2007-09-18 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Var, France
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