Unspecified over Beaufort En Vallee, Pays de la Loire · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 6 mai 1978 vers 22h 50 plusieurs personnes observent un objet lumineux immobile dans le ciel durant plusieurs minutes. De forme sphérique et de couleur orangée, il a une intensité lumineuse irrégulière. Il disparait en se déplacant sans bruit dans une trajectoire Sud Nord-Ouest. Ces personnes ont probablement été témoins du passage d'un satellite. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1978-05-00517). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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