Unspecified over Aiguilles, Provence Alpes Cote d'azur · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 16 mai 1978 à 21h15 deux personnes aperçoivent dans le ciel un objet de forme sphérique qui se déplace très rapidement dans une direction Nord Nord-Ouest. Cet objet est d'une luminosité très intense. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli sur ce phénomène. Ces témoins ont probablement fait une observation du passage à haute altitude d'un aéronef éclairé par le soleil. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1978-05-00518). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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