Vendée, France · 1979-09-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 7, 1979 at around 4:30 a.m., two witnesses observe, for less than 5 seconds, an oval shape of green color with four white lights and surrounded by a black circle. The colors are very bright and phosphorescent. This object rises very quickly into the sky at 45° following a South-North direction. It goes out suddenly. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
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 January 16, 1978 at around 6:10 PM, two witnesses observed for one minute a circular, luminous, phosphorescent white-yellow phenomenon. It moved at very high speed from north to south alo…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On February 2, 1977, at around 8:45 p.m., a witness observed a luminous phenomenon through binoculars for about three minutes. He described a circular shape in two parts: bright and yellow o…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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