AnomalyOn January 1, 2009 at around 12:40 a.m., a witness saw the movement of a luminous phenomenon behind the window of his bedroom. The witness reports that a red luminous point crossed the cloud layer, then descended slowly in a curve and followed a horizontal trajectory before coming to a stop. It then decreased in intensity, seemed to rise back into the cloud cover, and disappeared. No other testimony was reported. GEIPAN put forward the hypothesis that this observation corresponded to the launch of one or two distress flares set off for the New Year. This hypothesis is plausible and fairly compatible with the observation and the date of observation, but it is risky to confirm it, for lack of photos, videos, or additional testimonies. This case is classified as C due to lack of information.
Bas-Rhin, France · 2009-01-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Bas-Rhin, France
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