Bouches-du-Rhône, France · 1980-03-23 · from the GEIPAN archive
On March 23, 1980 at 10:20 PM, people alerted the gendarmerie: they were observing unexplained luminous phenomena evolving at the base of the television relay tower of "Mont Caume." Going immediately to the scene and during checks carried out on the following evenings, it turned out that the luminous phenomena came from newly installed beacon lights at the foot of the tower. In addition, the gendarmes noted that other light effects seen from this location were in fact only the public lighting of surrounding villages and the headlights of moving vehicles. These light signals were at that time regularly obscured and disrupted by fog and unfavorable weather conditions.
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