AnomalyOn June 5, 1955 at 8:55 PM, three witnesses in Cavaillon observed for 20 seconds, looking west toward the Luberon massif, a luminous red-fire rectangle in the sky. First stationary, the phenomenon then moved very quickly, changing shape (half-moon then ball) toward the east. It shrank then disappeared. Astronomical verification rules out the Moon. The airplane hypothesis is abandoned. GEIPAN classifies this case as C due to lack of information and cross-corroboration.
Vaucluse, France · 1955-06-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Vaucluse, France
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