Calvados, France · 1978-08-06 · from the GEIPAN archive
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 at a steady pace for three quarters of an hour at high altitude in a southeast to northwest direction before disappearing from the witnesses' view. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon. These people probably observed the movement of a satellite.
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 ab…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 16, 1978 at around 6:10 PM, two witnesses observed for one minute a circular, luminous, phosphorescent white-yellow phenomenon. It moved at very high speed from north to south alo…
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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