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 …
both described an orange orb · 103 km away
Doubs, France · 1980-03-03 · from the GEIPAN archive
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 presence of the moon, whiter in color. It is likely that the witnesses were surprised by an unusual appearance of the moon early in the night, lit by the setting sun.
What stood out: an orange orb
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 …
both described an orange orb · 103 km away
On December 24, 2015 at around 7:40 p.m., a witness in their garden observes a very bright orange glow, silently crossing the clear sky from East to West. The glow shrinks and disappears. On…
both described an orange orb · 58 km away
On Monday, June 2, 2014, at around 10:45 p.m., three friends observe through the window the passage at constant speed of a red-orange ball in the clear sky. No noise is heard during the obse…
both described an orange orb · 77 km away
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classif…
both described an orange orb · 159 km away
On September 22, 1981 at 6:15 a.m., a witness saw from the window of his bedroom a flying object moving along a northwest-southeast trajectory. During the observation, which lasted one minut…
both described an orange orb · 103 km away
On October 2, 2013, two teenagers observe around 10 p.m. the fall of a round luminous object with green trails in the direction of the town of Rantswiller. This case was handled by the genda…
both described an orange orb · 103 km away
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