Ardennes, France · 2013-10-03 · from the GEIPAN archive
On October 3, 2013, at around 10:05 PM, a witness is intrigued by the presence at low altitude in the sky of a sort of bright orange semicircle. The observation lasts 5 minutes. More than a year after the facts, and after having studied various possibilities of misidentification, the GEIPAN proposed to the witness an on-site investigation; the latter responded that he had found the origin of the phenomenon himself: a distant streetlamp. The GEIPAN classifies this case "A": observation of a streetlamp.
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
This observation case is one of those classified as "C" in 2008 by GEIPAN: it was subject to a new review. (see the document: Investigation Notes). On July 4, 1979 at 2 a.m., a person return…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On April 1, 2017 at 10:30 PM, one witness and two other people are intrigued by the presence of a very bright point at low altitude in the night sky. This point seems to blink in different c…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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