Rhône, France · 1980-10-17 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Rhône, France
On October 17, 1980, at 11:15 PM, several witnesses see two powerful headlights arriving at an altitude of about 200 meters. When the headlights turn to the left, the witnesses observe a dark craft "shaped like a scallop shell" with two fixed red lights on the sides. The craft emits a dull sound. It is very likely that the witnesses saw an unidentified aircraft that may be an airship.
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