AnomalyOn April 1, 1976 at around 5:20 p.m., several people observed in the sky a white trail that seemed to plunge into the sea. They then saw a mass of gray smoke that persisted on the water for a quarter of an hour before disappearing completely. According to the gendarmerie investigation, no aircraft from the airport was in flight after 5 p.m. The investigation recovered no object or any debris whatsoever on the coastline. It is probable that the witnesses saw an object fall into the sea, but we lack information to identify it.
La R�union, France · 1976-04-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in La R�union, France
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