Ile-de-France, France · 1980-04-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Ile-de-France, France
On April 5, 1980 at around 10:45 PM, a witness observed a luminous white ball rising in bursts in the sky, leaving behind a white trail. After rising, the object moved horizontally at very high speed before disappearing. The investigation did not make it possible to identify the observed phenomenon.
On December 1, 2004, at around 7:30 p.m., a witness observed in the sky a highly luminous white ball descending at very high speed. Before reaching the ground, this ball turned into a small …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 5, 1979, between 11:00 PM and 11:30 PM, one witness and some military police officers observed unusual luminous phenomena in the sky. Balls of different sizes and colors shone to t…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 25, 1979 at around 9:30 PM, two witnesses observe in the sky a small orange luminous point that moves and then seems to stop. The brightness of this small point suddenly declines sha…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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