Loire-Atlantique, France · 1980-01-12 · from the GEIPAN archive
Between January 10 and January 16, 1980, many people, including police officers, saw a luminous object in the sky. It was circular in shape, bright, and twinkling. It moved slowly from east to west. Photographs of the object were taken. Little by little, the object lost its brightness, turned orange, and disappeared. All these people had made an astronomical observation of Venus, which was particularly visible at that time of year (magnitude -3.83 on 12/01/1980 at 7:04 PM, and disappearing into the ocean at 8:30 PM).
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 obj…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Several evenings in a row between October 30 and November 1, 1980, a witness observed two fixed luminous points in the sky. This person made an astronomical observation of Venus (magnitude -…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 22, 1978 at around 11:45 PM, several people observed in the sky a very bright yellow-orange luminous phenomenon emitting rays. For 15 minutes, one witness observed the phenomenon wit…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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