Isère, France · 1980-09-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 12, 1980 at 4:28 a.m., police officers on patrol observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky. For 1 hour 30 minutes, a luminous ball located to the N-E moved slowly. This sphere was yellow in color and showed variations in intensity. The weather was very clear, visibility very good, and there was no Moon. These people made an astronomical observation of Venus, which was particularly visible (magnitude 4.15) at that time of year.
On July 22, 1978 at around 11:45 PM, several people observed in the sky a very bright yellow-orange luminous phenomenon emitting rays. For 15 minutes, one witness observed the phenomenon wit…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Several evenings in a row between October 30 and November 1, 1980, a witness observed two fixed luminous points in the sky. This person made an astronomical observation of Venus (magnitude -…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On January 13, 1979, starting at 8:00 PM, several witnesses observe in the sky a luminous object of different colors that gives off reflections. The observation lasts about thirty minutes. T…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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