An account in Landes, France

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 circles appears cyclically and rotates, changing direction. No noise is heard. The observation lasts 20 minutes on site, then the witness takes his vehicle and will observe the phenomenon again while driving. The phenomenon observed by the witness evokes a luminous animation of this kind: laser animation (the "rising" beam is visible here because the observer is close to the projector: a distant observer only sees the luminous discs on the clouds). This animation is not surprising in this area in the middle of the tourist season, even at this early hour when nightclubs are still open. The presence of the nightclub "l'Asiana" is noted in the witness's direction of observation (West). The weather conditions (overcast sky 8/8, see report) are entirely favorable to the use of these devices. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a luminous animation.

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.