Unspecified over Beauvoir Sur Niort, Poitou-Charentes · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 26 février 1978 vers 2h 30 du matin plusieurs personnes ont observé une forme argentée et brillante dans le ciel. Les témoins parlent d'explosion lumineuse. Ce phénomène a disparu instantanément.aucune bruit n'a été entendu. Des partrouilles de gendarmerie ont cette nuit là observé des éclairs provenant de lointains orages. Ces témoins ont probablement observé un phénomène lumineux venant de ce passage orageux. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1978-02-00490). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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