Val-d'Oise, France · 1979-07-13 · from the GEIPAN archive
On July 13, 1979, at around 11:30 PM, witnesses saw an object in the sky that drew their attention. A ball the size of a soccer ball and orange-red in color was moving at high altitude. During the observation, this object changed shape and color, and stopped still before moving off again at very high speed and disappearing into the atmosphere. No other testimony was collected about this phenomenon, which remains unexplained.
Around 6 a.m. on April 12, 1982, several witnesses claim to have seen a luminous phenomenon in the sky. Oval in shape and orange in color, an object flies at very high altitude but very slow…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On September 24, 1979 at 7:42 a.m., a witness first saw in the sky a trail that he took to be that of an aircraft jet. Then he noticed an object that remained stationary for 10 to 15 seconds…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 12, 1982 at around 8:30 PM, a witness observed in the sky a very bright ball about 80 cm in diameter. Silver in color, it was followed by a light-orange trail. During the entire obs…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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