Nouvelle-Calédonie, France · 1978-05-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 5, 1978, at around 7:30 p.m., three people observed a red glow above an island. This glow moved slowly toward the south, then suddenly changed course to head northwest. No sound was heard during the observation, which lasted more than 4 minutes. The gendarmes observed the same phenomenon for one minute on May 12. No other information was gathered about this phenomenon, for which we lack precise details.
What stood out: red lights
On July 8, 1978 at around 11:40 PM, a witness observed the passage from north to south of an elongated flying object. Located by the witness at an altitude of roughly between 1000 and 2000 m…
both described red lights · on the other side of the country
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both described red lights · on the other side of the country
On October 15, 1978 at around 6:50 p.m., several people aboard a vehicle observed two lights and a fixed red light above the trees at the edge of the road. Continuing on their way, they saw …
both described red lights · on the other side of the country
On September 1, 1978 at 9:05 PM, the three members of the same family observe the passage of a red glow in the sky. It moves slowly between Mont Saint-Michel and Mont Angel. The observation …
both described red lights · on the other side of the country
On April 30, 1978 at around 9:30 PM, several witnesses saw the passage of three fireballs. These disappeared behind the horizon while giving off a red glow. No noise was heard. No trace on t…
both described red lights
On April 27, 1978, at around 10 p.m., a motorist observed three blinking red lights 100 meters above the ground. At first, unable to make out any precise shape from which these lights might …
both described red lights · on the other side of the country
On February 9, 1977 at around 6:50 p.m., several people noticed the presence in the sky of a strange glow in the southeast direction, right at the mountain ridge line. First motionless, this…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 6, 1978, two witnesses observed for 15 minutes a luminous phenomenon they could not explain. These people described an abnormal pink glow moving slowly about 7 to 8 meters above t…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 1, 1978, at around 5:15 p.m., a farmer observed a flashing orange glow in the sky to the southwest. It moved slowly in a southerly direction. The observation lasted two minutes. N…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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