Deux-Sèvres, France · 1980-09-10 · from the GEIPAN archive
In the night of September 9 to 10, 1980, at around 12:45 a.m., a witness standing on his doorstep observes a luminous phenomenon. 100 meters away on the path leading to his home, a glow illuminates the road sign. No car is seen and no noise is heard, and the witness then sees an object of elongated shape advancing in jerky movements at 1.50 meters from the ground. This object gradually rises and disappears into the landscape. No particular odor was noticed. No other testimony will be collected on this phenomenon, for which we lack information.
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
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
In the night of July 25, 1980, around 2:45 a.m., a witness claims to have seen, 50 meters from his home, a luminous shape, orange in color and oval in form, possibly measuring 0.80 m high by…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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