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Probable conventional

Sphere over Kourou, Outre-Mer · France

A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.

The report, as filed

Le 27 octobre 1977 vers 6h deux personnes aperçoivent quelques secondes dans le ciel une boule de feu rouge suivie d'une longue trainée rouge et orangée. Ce phénomène se déplace d'Est en Ouest à très grande vitesse et disparaît brusquement dans le ciel. Aucun bruit n'est entendu. Ces témoins ont probablement observé une rentrée atmosphérique. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]

Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1977-10-00447). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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France's official UAP office publishes its case base proactively — check its open catalog before filing. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.

Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1977-10-24 → 1977-11-10

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