Unspecified over Saint-Maixent L'Ecole, Poitou-Charentes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 16 mars vers 22h des témoins aperçoivent dans le ciel un objet de forme ovale qui scintille dans le ciel en émettant des couleurs rouge-orange. Venant du N-E il se dirige vers de le S-O à faible altitude et sans bruit. L'objet a disparu caché par le paysage. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1978-03-00499). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1978-03-13 → 1978-03-30