Hautes-Alpes, France · 1978-05-16 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 16, 1978 at 9:15 PM, two people saw in the sky an object of spherical shape moving very quickly in a north-northwest direction. This object was extremely bright. No other testimony about this phenomenon was collected. These witnesses probably observed the high-altitude passage of an aircraft lit by the sun.
On May 30, 1979, two people observe in the sky, for 20 minutes, a particular phenomenon. An object shaped like a flattened rugby ball crosses the sky in a southeast-to-northwest direction. T…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 23, 1980 at around 9:30 a.m., a witness saw a flash of light from her home. She then made an observation that intrigued her: a spherical, very bright flying object was moving acros…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 6, 1978, two people testified to having observed the slow movement of a luminous object in the sky. According to the witnesses, a very bright light of yellow color moved slowly and…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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