On September 20, 1979, around 11 p.m., several people observe a red luminous phenomenon moving rapidly across the sky from West to East. A circle about 4 meters in diameter is crossed by two red diagonals as well. It flashes and makes a loud noise. The object, having turned white, disappears behind the hills. No other testimony will be collected on this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
Vienne, France · 1979-09-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Vienne, France
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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.