Vendée, France · 1980-02-24 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 24, 1980 at around 3:15 a.m., a group of young people noticed an orange glow through the fir trees toward the beach. Moving to get a better view, they then saw a very large object in the direction of the island of Yeu that was three-quarters spherical, orange in color, and without shine. This craft moved vertically at a very slow and steady speed. The observation, which lasted about ten minutes, ended when the object slowly sank into the ocean, leaving a whitish glow visible. No noise was heard. At around 3:05 a.m., a police officer on patrol also saw a hemispherical object, larger than a quarter moon, reddish-orange in color and without shine. This object moved slowly and descended vertically without changing shape or color. All these people made an astronomical observation of the moon setting (at 3:12 a.m. exactly), which accounts for the size and orange color observed. In addition, the moon was in its first quarter, which gave it the appearance of a half disk turned downward.
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