Seine-et-Marne, France · 1978-12-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
On Tuesday, December 19, 1978 at 8:23 a.m., a witness on his balcony observes a phenomenon he does not recognize. In the clear sky toward the southeast of Meaux, a luminous point oscillates. The object will disappear around 9:45 a.m., hidden by the sun. The gendarmes, from the apartment, will also observe a luminous point in the same direction and at about 35 degrees of elevation. The day before, in Paris, two witnesses were intrigued by the presence in the sky of a particularly bright object, and a police team also noted the presence of this object in the sky. The Paris police investigation will conclude it was an astronomical observation. The astronomical verification (see star chart) clearly indicates Venus, located between 25 and 30 degrees to the southeast at the stated time. GEIPAN classifies this case as "A": astronomical misidentification with Venus.
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