Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 1976-11-04 · from the GEIPAN archive
On November 4, 1976, at around 9:45 p.m., several witnesses observed the slow and silent passage of a triangular shape following the direction Marseille - La Ciotat. The object was slightly larger in size than a passenger airliner and emitted a red light at the front and a white glow at the rear. During several night shifts, the gendarmerie noted, between around 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., the passage of a fairly large passenger airliner taking the same route as the observed object. The witnesses probably observed the passage of an aircraft.
What stood out: red lightsa triangle shape
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