Loire-Atlantique, France · 2012-01-09 · from the GEIPAN archive
On Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:02 in the morning, a motorist is surprised and intrigued by the movements in the cloudy sky of two concentric luminous circles themselves made up of discontinuous rounded elements. This whole thing is seen for nearly one kilometer. After two minutes of observation, arriving on a highway, the motorist can no longer see this phenomenon. No other testimony was collected. The almost perfect similarity of the phenomenon described by the witness with the effect produced by certain types of entertainment projectors clearly points toward this type of origin for this observation (see the investigation notes). The day of the week is surprising for this type of entertainment, and there is a priori no nightclub nearby, but it could have been a test with rented equipment. On the other hand, the phenomenon strangely resembles the effect produced by this type of projector: see the video Wedding Searchlight Hire Nottingham. GEIPAN classifies this case as "B": probable observation of a luminous entertainment display produced by a rotating-beam sky-tracer.
On August 13, 2012 at 5 a.m., a witness leaving his home is intrigued by the sight of the movements of a white luminous phenomenon in the cloud layer. A large circle formed by smaller circle…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classif…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative experience gained over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change in classific…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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