AnomalyOn January 13, 1980 at around 7:10 a.m., a motorist passing through Charente-Maritime spotted a saucer-shaped craft. Stationary, the object was about 5 to 6 meters in diameter, and lights were flashing at its edges. Getting out of his vehicle, the witness, a customs officer, then noted that the craft moved away slowly at about 30 or 40 km/h. What surprised the witness was that during the 5 minutes of observation, he heard no noise coming from the craft. The witness, in a hurry, gave his statement upon arriving in Haute-Garonne. No other witness came forward in the area of the observation, and no other information was gathered on this phenomenon, which remains unexplained.
Gironde, France · 1980-01-13 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Gironde, France
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