Saône-et-Loire, France · 1978-09-07 · from the GEIPAN archive
For several evenings in a row, around 9 p.m., people observe the passage at very high altitude and at constant speed of a luminous object. It moves in a northeast-southwest direction. The regularity of the trajectory, the visibility time, and the repetition over two days confirm the hypothesis of an observation of the passage of an artificial satellite.
What stood out: moving in formation
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