Seine-Maritime, France · 1980-05-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 15, 1980 at 12:30 AM, a witness saw a luminous ovoid-shaped object crossing the sky while descending rapidly. Red-orange in color, it was followed by a tail. The object's brightness was far greater than that of a star. The object disappeared while heading West. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon. This person was probably a witness to an atmospheric reentry.
On December 26, 1978 at around 10:45 p.m., a witness observed the movements of a luminous object in the sky. Passing through a cloud, this object emitted a luminous phenomenon and rose at ra…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 28, 1980 at around 4:15 a.m., a witness driving a car saw a luminous object on his right. This spherical object was stationary about 40 meters above the ground and 150 meters from…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 14, 1979, at around 10:45 p.m., a witness in the middle of the crowd that had come to watch the fireworks noticed in the sky (at 45 degrees) the passage of a light that intrigued him…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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