Gironde, France · 2009-02-28 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Gironde, France
A witness reports several observations of ovoid luminous phenomena moving back and forth in the sky. All these observations take place between 2:15 a.m. and 3:50 a.m. The very late receipt of the gendarmerie report no longer makes the investigation possible, among other things for the search for aircraft or helicopters possibly present in the area at that time.
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