AnomalyOn January 27, 1980, between 9:05 PM and 9:10 PM, several witnesses observed in a clear sky a luminous ball of an orange color. Located low on the horizon, it seemed to blink at times. The observation lasted 10 to 15 minutes for some witnesses. A similar observation took place the next day. Checking the sky chart shows that these testimonies are probably linked to the observation of Venus, visible in the west-southwest with a significant magnitude of -3.9 and a disappearance at the horizon around 9:10 PM.
Loire-Atlantique, France · 1980-01-27 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Loire-Atlantique, France
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