Rhône, France · 1977-03-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Rhône, France
On March 18, 19, and 20, 1977, several people, including police officers, observed from 8:30 PM onward the presence of a strange glow in the sky. This glow moved slowly and at times seemed to grow larger or smaller. Its color could vary from white to orange-yellow. The glow disappeared around 9 PM. The hypothesis of an astronomical observation could not be confirmed due to a lack of information.
On February 9, 1977 at around 6:50 p.m., several people noticed the presence in the sky of a strange glow in the southeast direction, right at the mountain ridge line. First motionless, this…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 22, 1980 at 6:15 PM, a person sighted from their home a series of luminous flashes in the sky. These glows moved rapidly and appeared white or red in color. The observation lasted…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 23 and 24, 1981, between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM, several people spotted a particular luminous phenomenon in the cloudy sky. Circular in shape, this phenomenon changed color several …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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