La Réunion, France · 1976-01-09 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 9, 1976 at 7:50 a.m., a motorist and his wife observed the movements of a bright object in the sky. This object, shaped like a balloon with a truncated top, moved slowly and horizontally along a sea-to-mountain trajectory, following the contours of the ground. It disappeared into the landscape. No other testimony was collected. Based on the description given, these witnesses probably observed the movement of a balloon at sunrise.
On January 10, 1976, between 7:50 and 8:50 a.m., two people observed a very bright spherical object above the horizon. The witnesses noted that the object remained stationary. It gradually b…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 3, 1979, two people observe at 6:50 a.m. a bright object at low altitude in the direction of south-southeast. Hemispherical and accompanied by a shower of sparks, this object will…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 25, 2009, around 7 p.m., several witnesses observed the passage of a white flying object. One of the intrigued witnesses described a white ball moving silently through the valley fro…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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