Loire-Atlantique, France · 1980-01-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
An orange orb in Loire-Atlantique, France
On January 24, 1980, between 6:05 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., a witness claims to have observed the arrival and departure of an unidentified flying object. At the beginning of his observation, he described the object as cylindrical with two small dark-colored fins on the side. As the object came closer, the craft then stabilized at 200 meters in height and was then located about 300 meters east of a water tower. The witness then noticed that the object was oval in shape, lit by a bright yellow-orange light, with the fins having disappeared. During the observation, which lasted 7 minutes, this person noted that his radio-telephone handset crackled abnormally, and he made several sweeps with a portable spotlight. The object moved away suddenly, quickly gaining altitude. The frightened witness left to notify the gendarmerie. A malfunction of the electrical circuit of his vehicle's dashboard was noted. No other information was gathered on this phenomenon, which remains unexplained.
On March 3, 1980 between 8:30 PM and 8:45 PM, a couple driving in a car observed an orange ball the size of the setting sun. A little later, they no longer saw this ball but they noted the p…
On January 1, 1980, several military personnel on duty sighted a luminous phenomenon in the sky on three occasions. A small orange ball appeared suddenly and successively at 11:16 PM, 11:33 …
On the night of September 5, a little girl got up to close the window of her bedroom, which had been opened by a gust of wind. She saw a luminous object outside in the sky, about 100 meters …
On December 12, 1980, at around 5 a.m., a female motorist saw an orange light in her rearview mirror. About 300 meters away in the forest, an oval-shaped object emitted flashing lights that …
GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its website: www.cnes-geipan.fr. Among its publications are old cases classified at the time (A, B, C or D) which are now being re-examined…
For several days in a row, a witness observes between 6:30 and 8:30 an orange glow that appears in the East. On December 12, 1980, the gendarmerie brigade decides to observe the luminous phe…
both described an orange orb
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