Haute-Loire, France · 1976-12-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
On December 1, 1976, several witnesses observed the presence, above the horizon line, of a luminous and stationary object. The observation lasted 15 minutes before the object disappeared. No particular noise was heard. Quickly arriving on the scene, no observation was made by the gendarmerie, and no particular trace on the ground was discovered in the area that evening. The gendarmerie investigation determined the presence, on several consecutive evenings and in the direction indicated by all the witnesses, of a luminous phenomenon disappearing behind the horizon line. All these people had made the astronomical observation of Venus.
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