Unspecified over Mauleon Licharre, Aquitaine · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Dans la nuit du 1er au 2 janvier 1979 deux témoins observent durant moins de 10 secondes un objet éclairé de lumières rouges. Cet objet, qu'ils comparent à un cerf-volant, se déplace rapidement du Nord au Sud sans aucun bruit et à une altitude d'environ 100 m au-dessus de l'aglomération. Aucun autre témoin ne sera retrouvé sur ce phénomène pour lequel nous manquons d'informations. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1979-01-00586). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1978-12-30 → 1979-01-16