Alpes-Maritimes, France · 1979-02-06 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 6, 1979 at 9:20 a.m., a passerby observes a luminous phenomenon in the sky that intrigues him. For two minutes, he sees a saucer-shaped object with blue and yellow lines at the rear that disappear. The object is then hidden by buildings, and when the witness spots it again, he notes at its center a denser light, rounded in shape. The object is motionless in a luminous halo and forms a 20-degree angle with the ground. No other testimony is collected. At that time, the sun is very low on the horizon and in the line of sight of the observation: it is probably a luminous reflection of the sun through the clouds.
On October 5 and 6, 1976, between 6:30 and 6:40 a.m., two witnesses observe the presence of a luminous point in the sky that intrigues them. A luminous object of oval shape, fire-red in colo…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
This observation case was re-examined (see the document Investigation Notes). On January 13, 1978, at around 5:40 p.m., a female driver and then her husband observed the slow movement of a l…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On November 10, 2013 between 4:59 PM and 5:00 PM, a witness notices for 10 minutes the presence of a luminous intensity that is impossible to look at directly. While taking photographs of th…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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