Marne, France · 1979-05-29 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 29, 1979 at around 11:30 PM, a motorist driving on a small country road was surprised to see a bright orange crescent-moon-shaped object coming in his direction. This object at low altitude seemed to follow the motorist throughout his entire journey toward the Northwest. No noise was heard. The object was eventually lost from sight. The next day, the witness returned to the same spot and noted the presence of the same object but white in color. It disappeared behind the woods heading Northwest. The sky chart for that evening shows the presence at low altitude and to the Northwest of the Moon with a magnitude of -8.91: this person made an astronomical observation of the Moon. The impression of its movement when one is driving is well known.
On February 18, 1980, several people observed from the courtyard of a dwelling a peculiar luminous phenomenon surrounded by a misty halo. A whitish glowing ball remained motionless near anot…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 27, 1982, at around 7:15 PM, an entire family in a car on the CD 910 road, in the municipality of Guenviller (57), observed for two minutes a particular object in the cloudy sky. …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On May 8, 1979 at 4:40 a.m., a female motorist saw a luminous phenomenon that intrigued her. A glowing ball, orange-red in color, with "corkscrew antennas," moved and then disappeared quickl…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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