On January 25, 1978, at around 6:30 p.m., seven children playing in the street observed the passage of an orange, oval-shaped craft. Red and white lights placed alternately flashed at the base of the craft. Coming from the South, it followed a curve to head West at the same altitude as light aircraft. The children's accounts differ on the noise heard during the craft's passage. No other testimony was collected on this passage of a probable aircraft.
Ardennes, France · 1978-01-25 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Ardennes, France
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