Pyrénées-Orientales, France · 1977-01-17 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 17, 1977, at around 5 p.m., a female motorist observed and photographed a particular meteorological phenomenon. An oval-shaped cloud moved imperceptibly in a north-south direction. Two other witnesses made the same observation. According to the photo attached to the official report, these people saw a lenticular cloud.
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