Moselle, France · 1978-03-07 · from the GEIPAN archive
On March 7, 1978 at around 7:15 p.m., two witnesses on their terrace observed two red dots stacked vertically in the direction of the south-southeast. The observation lasted two minutes, then the dots suddenly went out. After a few seconds, a dot of the same size emitting a white glow appeared and moved at high speed toward the northeast. The observation lasted one minute. Another witness later gave a statement concerning an observation of a luminous dot moving across the sky, but the time did not match the first observation. No other testimony was collected concerning this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
On May 1, 1990 at around 11 p.m., a young couple were driving in their vehicle. The man noticed the presence in the sky of a stationary red dot. He stopped to observe it for about ten minute…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 1, 1978, two witnesses in their vehicle spotted a luminous object in the sky at around 6:30 p.m., moving slowly from south to north. The observation lasted 7 to 8 minutes. The objec…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Between 24 and 28 January 1979, three witnesses observed unusual phenomena in the same area. On 24 January between 7:00 and 7:15 a.m., one witness reported seeing an orange, cigar-shaped cra…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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