Sarthe, France · 1977-10-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Sarthe, France
On October 8, 1977, between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m., a person on a moped observed the passage of a craft they did not recognize. It had a flat base topped by a rounded shape; the craft was entirely lit at its base by yellow lights surrounding a larger red light in the center. The frightened witness reported that it followed him for three kilometers to his home. The craft then stopped above his house before leaving again at very high speed. The description of the lights suggests that this witness probably observed the passage of an aircraft of the helicopter type.
In the night of March 2 to 3, 1989, two witnesses are driving their car when it stops and the headlights go out suddenly. The witnesses then observe a fireball emitting an intense orange-red…
On September 13, 2009 between 9:30 PM and 10 PM, two military police officers on patrol observe a motionless and dark mass stationary above the town hall of Chahaignes. Elongated in shape, w…
On April 18, 2015 at around 11:30 PM, a motorist was alerted by his son in the back of the vehicle to the presence of a red light in the sky. Looking in the rearview mirror, he saw six or se…
On April 29, 1977, at 9:15 PM and 10:15 PM, two people observed the slow movement of a cigar-shaped craft. This craft emitted lights of different colors and moved parallel to the Maine River…
Periodic observations of a luminous object are reported. These took place on December 19 around 10 p.m. and December 20 at 4 a.m. and around 10 p.m. The witnesses observed at length each tim…
On May 29, 2013 (and not May 30 as indicated by the witness in his questionnaire) at 11:45 PM, a motorist observes, several dozen meters above the ground, the presence of a black phenomenon …
On the evening of December 2, 1985, around 10 p.m., several witnesses heard a significant dull thud. Coming out of their homes, they were able to see a set of lights on a flying craft: red l…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On June 19, 1980 at 11:45 PM, a child saw his room light up and spotted through the window a triangular-shaped craft. Fixed or flashing lights illuminated the object, which moved without mak…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 23, 1976, at around 2:20 a.m., a soldier on guard duty had his attention drawn by the low-altitude passage of an object of round shape, lit by several lamps emitting a bright red…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.
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