Yvelines, France · 2008-08-30 · from the GEIPAN archive
On August 30, 2008 at around 7:50 p.m., a witness observed a flying object that he could not identify. He took a series of photographs and made a film of the object's evolution. (The film was never sent to GEIPAN). Following a neighborhood inquiry, the gendarmerie investigation concluded it was a kite. Indeed, there are regularly kite enthusiasts on the stadium of the commune of ABLIS who practice this activity. This was confirmed for that day by several witnesses, one of whom mentioned a kite particularly high in the sky.
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