An account in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Recent testimony (20/03/1975) of an old observation (the witness does not remember the exact date; the case is arbitrarily dated 01/08/1951). In August 1951 around midnight, a witness in Biarritz at the edge of a cliff is surprised by the passage along the coast of a flying mass shaped like two soup plates joined together, bearing around its perimeter zones shaped like portholes from which a greenish fluorescence emanates. The trajectory given by the witness is N-S then E-W. The object is seen for 10 to 15 seconds. Frightened, the witness throws himself to the ground, pulling his wife down with him, who also sees the mass moving. No sound is heard. The witnesses get back up but the object has disappeared. Only one testimony is collected. Certain aspects of the testimony suggest an observation of a bolide: the duration of observation of the phenomenon, the impression of proximity, the greenish fluorescence. Nevertheless, certain other details do not fit this hypothesis (flying mass, change of direction). The lack of knowledge of the precise date, the uniqueness of the testimony, and the significant delay between the event and the account make this testimony not very consistent. GEIPAN classifies this case as C due to lack of essential information and cross-checking.