AnomalyA witness reports several observations of luminous phenomena seen from his home (he indicates in his statement the date of February 22, 2008 around 10 or 11 p.m., but during the interview with the investigator he will refine the date to February 29 at 9:30 p.m.). The witness thus saw on three occasions over two years, in the evening, "fireballs" of white color. These come down from the hill to a stream. No other testimony was collected. No trace on the ground of fire was found. After verification with an expert on transient atmospheric luminous phenomena (lightning, plasmas), it appears that all parameters are consistent with geomagnetic luminous phenomena ("earth balls" or "earth lights") linked to geological faults: presence of an electrical line and a watercourse oriented in the direction of flow of the spheres. The GEIPAN classifies this case as "B", very probable observations of geomagnetic luminous phenomena.
Ardennes, France · 2008-02-29 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Ardennes, France
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