Cylinder over Venon, Rhône-Alpes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Un témoin rapporte succinctement avoir observé le 15 octobre 1976 vers 17h55 le déplacement d'un objet lumineux dans le ciel selon une trajectoire S-N. Il est apparu ensuite ayant la forme d'un cigare de grande taille et se déplacant toujours sans bruit. L'objet a disparu en prenant la direction du NE. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli sur ce phénomène pour lequel nous manquons d'information. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1976-10-00352). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1976-10-12 → 1976-10-29