Sphere over Tour-De-Salvagny (La), Rhône-Alpes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 4 septembre 1977 vers 23h deux personnes observent dans le ciel un phénomène inhabituel. Une boule blanche très lumineuse se déplace à vive allure. Elle disparaît de la vue des témoins en s'éloignant. Aucun bruit n'est entendu durant l'observation qui a duré quelques secondes. Aucune constatation n'a pu être faite par la gendarmerie sur ce phénomène pour lequel nous manquons d'informations. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1977-09-00428). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1977-09-01 → 1977-09-18