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Haute-Garonne, France · 2008-06-23 · from the GEIPAN archive

Photographed in Haute-Garonne, France

Following a press article, GEIPAN decided to investigate an observation made on June 23, 2008, at 4:52 a.m. by a witness who took photographs of a luminous phenomenon in the sky. According to the investigation report, there are numerous inconsistencies in the testimony (shooting conditions, other witnesses who cannot be found), and a strong coincidence between the diameter of the photographed object and the Moon (However, GEIPAN could not reproduce this nebulous appearance and its colors.) The elements are far too fragile and questionable for this case to be considered consistent. It is classified as "C" due to a lack of reliable information.

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.