Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France · 2015-07-03 · from the GEIPAN archive
On July 3, 2015 at 10:29 PM, several people are intrigued by the presence in the night sky of a particular luminous phenomenon. Only one witness reports that she observed for 3 to 4 minutes two rows of round, white, parallel and horizontal lights, without a halo. These lights gradually form a triangle, with no apparent noise, and begin a curve before disappearing to the West. The repeated observation of lights in the sky, arranged in regular geometric shapes, suggests an aerial patrol on exercise or demonstration. A check with the Patrouille de France, based in Salon de Provence, tells us that the patrol exceptionally flew at night in this region on July 1 and 3: on July 1 to rehearse the demonstration that took place on the 3rd for the baptism of the graduating classes. The silence accompanying the observation is completely normal because the noise of an aircraft seen head-on, at more than a few km, is very faint. The 8 Alphajets of the Patrouille de France are equipped with powerful lights visible at more than 10 km along the flight path. When the aircraft turn, the beam of the light changes direction, and observers located along the initial flight path thus see it suddenly disappear. These aircraft, seen from the side, are only visible by their red or green position lights, not powerful enough to be visible at great distance. Seen head-on, the approach is not perceptible, the aircraft seem motionless, only lateral movement is perceived, and it can be faint. GEIPAN also received reports of an observation of the same patrol seen on July 1, from Valensole, Lurs, Sainte-Tulle, about ten km away. In the first days of July, GEIPAN receives every year, since 2008, reports of similar observations in Provence, one of which in particular was reported at Villeneuve on July 5, 2013. GEIPAN classifies this case "A": certain observation of the 8 Alphajets of the Patrouille de France. See a video of the Patrouille de France flying at night over Paris.
What stood out: a triangle shapeseen again
On July 26, 2014 at 11:10 PM, a couple observed from their garden the silent passage of 3 luminous points of white color. These three points form a triangle. Three minutes later the couple s…
both described seen again · a triangle shape · 342 km away
On July 5, 2013 at 10:20 PM, several people were intrigued by the silent movements of 9 orange lights arranged in a diamond shape in the sky. The night flights of the Patrouille de France gi…
both described seen again · in the same place
In its publications, there are old cases classified at the time as type "C" cases which are now being re-examined, with the sole aim of being more relevant in the conclusions. Thanks to new …
both described a triangle shape · in the same place
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative experience gained over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change in classific…
both described a triangle shape · in the same place
On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at around 9:25 a.m., two people on a beach are intrigued by the presence in the clear sky of a shape described first as triangular then round, made up of balls, eve…
both described a triangle shape · 83 km away
On September 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM, two people on a balcony were intrigued by the silent movement along an ascending trajectory in the sky of five yellow-orange luminous points. Three of them …
both described a triangle shape · 83 km away
On July 1, 2015, starting at 10:30 PM, several people in the department of Alpes de Haute-Provence observed the movement of luminous phenomena in the sky. Some witnesses mentioned geometric …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 6, 2012, from 9:50 PM onward, several people were puzzled by the observation of luminous phenomena in the sky appearing many times (13 times) during the evening. One of the witnesses…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 3, 2015 at around 10 p.m. during a family gathering, a witness and his son go to the back of the family garden. A deep, low, heavy sound is then heard, and the witness observes above…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
There are thousands more like this in the record. Open one at random, or read the ones the most people recognise.
Read anotherMost recognisedOr if something like this happened to you, write it down and we will look for the others who saw it too.
If this reminds you of something a friend or a relative told you once and never mentioned again, send them this page. Reading that a stranger described the same thing is usually the part that helps.
Nothing is tracked back to you and nothing is sent on your behalf. The link is just the page you are reading.
This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.
Anomaly