Hérault, France · 2009-01-25 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Hérault, France
On January 25, 2009, at around 6:30 p.m., a motorist observed the passage of a red phenomenon with a long trail that lit up the sky. No sound was heard. The witness headed toward the beach, where other witnesses like him seemed to have seen the object fall into the sea. No other testimony was collected. All these people were probably witnesses to an atmospheric reentry.
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