Rhône, France · 2013-10-28 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Rhône, France
On October 28, 2013 at 10:50 PM, a witness driving on the D342 in the municipality of Taluyers observes in his rearview mirror a red light in the clear sky. He will make a second observation at 11:03 PM on the D63 at the Rosseon sign (municipality of Mornant): an orange, spherical object with a tail quickly crosses his field of vision through his car's windshield. Other people were on the route, but no other testimony will be collected.
Of average strangeness and low consistency (single witness, poor quality of testimony, doubt about the date), this case proves too imprecise on each of the observations to be formally identified.
It is not the witness's visual perception that is in question, but the interpretation the witness makes of his observation through his feelings (astonishment, stress, fatigue, night driving).
This case is classified C, due to lack of data.
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