Hautes-Pyrénées, France · 1978-05-28 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 28, 1978 at around 9 a.m., a witness observed, in the direction of the rising sun, a set of halos of different colors from which light rays seemed to emanate. The observation lasted between 6 and 10 minutes, then the phenomenon disappeared. No other testimony of this phenomenon was collected. This person probably observed a lenticular cloud.
On November 24, 1959 at around 8:20 PM, a witness aboard a boat at the commercial port of Dakar (Senegal) observed the movement of a luminous phenomenon made up of bright points and surround…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 11, 1979, at around 9:10 PM, several people observed a peculiar luminous phenomenon. While the sun was setting, three rings of a red-orange color were visible on the horizon below …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 22, 1978 at around 11:45 PM, several people observed in the sky a very bright yellow-orange luminous phenomenon emitting rays. For 15 minutes, one witness observed the phenomenon wit…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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