Sarthe, France · 1978-11-21 · from the GEIPAN archive
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience gained over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification explained in an investigation note. This observation case (formerly named Saint-Calais (72) after the gendarmerie) is one of the cases classified as "C" by GEPAN. On 21 November 1978, shortly after 6:15 a.m., two people observe a circular and red luminous phenomenon that rises at the horizon. This phenomenon moves slowly then diminishes. The gendarmerie, dispatched to the scene at 8 a.m., concluded it was an astronomical observation of Venus; this was only confirmed by GEIPAN in 2013, due to doubt about the exact time of observation because Venus did not rise that day until 6:29 a.m.
At the initiative of a GEIPAN investigator, the case previously named LAPOUTROIE (68) 24.04.1983 was studied again in 2013. Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigative exp…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
In its publications, there are old cases classified at the time as type "C" cases which are now being re-examined, with the sole aim of being more relevant in the conclusions. Thanks to new …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 23 and 25, 1980, at around 3:30 in the morning, a witness observed from his home, on the 4th floor, a very bright luminous point positioned at the same spot in the sky. The witness…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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