Seine-Maritime, France · 1976-04-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
On April 15, 1976, between 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM, a witness observed, for about two minutes, an orange luminous phenomenon. It remained stationary above the bell tower of a church located two kilometers away. No particular noise was heard. It disappeared suddenly. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
What stood out: vanishing suddenly
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