Deux-Sèvres, France · 2008-04-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
On April 20 or 27, 2008 at 8:44 PM, a motorist took a photograph from their vehicle of a luminous phenomenon that intrigued them. The photograph reached GEIPAN via an indirect witness. The photograph provided shows a very likely reflection of the sun in the windshield and/or in the camera lens, as well as water droplets on the windshield illuminated by the sun. This type of photo highlighting "flare" phenomena and various reflections presents no character of strangeness. The testimony is too brief, and the direct witness did not speak to describe what they had seen with their own eyes. This case is classified "C" due to lack of information: no original photo, no direct testimony.
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