On May 31, 1979 at 12:40 AM, two people went to observe a luminous phenomenon due West in the sky. For several minutes, a bulky object shaped like a crescent and orange in color. Another object also appeared for a few moments. The sky chart that morning indicates due West the presence of Jupiter (magnitude -1.49), Pollux (magnitude 0.98), and a moonset (magnitude -9.51). These people made an astronomical observation of this group.
Val-de-Marne, France · 1979-05-31 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Val-de-Marne, France
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