Several evenings in April 1979, between 11 PM and midnight, two people observe in the sky three blinking white and red lights arranged in a triangle. On April 17, between 11 PM and 11:30 PM,…
both described red lights
Pyr�n�es-Atlantiques, France · 1979-01-02 · from the GEIPAN archive
In the night of January 1 to 2, 1979, two witnesses observe for less than 10 seconds an object lit with red lights. This object, which they compare to a kite, moves rapidly from North to South without any noise and at an altitude of about 100 m above the built-up area. No other witness will be found for this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
What stood out: red lights
Several evenings in April 1979, between 11 PM and midnight, two people observe in the sky three blinking white and red lights arranged in a triangle. On April 17, between 11 PM and 11:30 PM,…
both described red lights
On April 2, 1979 at around 8:40 p.m., the gendarmerie received telephone calls reporting an object flying over the town emitting a bright light. On site, the gendarmes observed an orange lum…
both described red lights
On September 19, 1979 at 10 p.m., two witnesses out jogging observe in the sky a red glow in the shape of a ball that sparkles like a star. Suddenly this glow moves at a dizzying speed to ap…
both described red lights
On November 1, 1979, at around 6:15 PM, several witnesses observed a red luminous phenomenon in the sky. According to the witnesses, it consisted of one to two red balls that moved across th…
both described red lights
On November 21, 1979, a witness saw, about 100 meters from her, an object fitted with several lights, including three red ones and one orange one forming a diamond shape on the vertical plan…
both described red lights
A witness makes two separate observations on two different dates: Around January 25, 1979, at about 10 p.m., this witness, accompanied by another person, notices that their vehicle is lit up…
both described red lights
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