Sphere over Venissieux, Rhône-Alpes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 14 février 1979 à 21h un témoin aperçoit dans le ciel une forme ronde de couleur blanche qui change de couleur tout en se déplaçant rapidement selon une trajectoire Sud Sud-Est. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli sur ce phénomène pour lequel nous manquons de données. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1979-02-00605). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1979-02-11 → 1979-02-28