Loiret, France · 1980-03-27 · from the GEIPAN archive
On March 27, 1980 at around 10 p.m., a motorist and his passenger see a dark triangular-shaped mass in the sky. At each end, flashing red and white lights give the object's span: according to the witness, it reaches 50 meters. The craft, first stationary, then moves while tilting slowly and remaining both 50 meters from the ground and from the car. Gaining altitude again, the craft then tilted to the right and disappeared into the sky at high speed. During the 4 to 5 minutes of observation and with the windows closed, no particular noise was heard. No other information was collected on this phenomenon, which remains unexplained.
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