Unspecified over Vouille, Poitou-Charentes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 20 septembre 1979 vers 23h plusieurs personnes observent un phénomène lumineux rouge se déplaçant rapidement dans le ciel d'Ouest en Est. Un cercle d'un diamètre de 4 mètres environ est traversé par deux diagonales rouges également. Il clignote et fait grand bruit. L'objet devenu blanc disparait derrière les collines. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli 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 1979-09-00660). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1979-09-17 → 1979-10-04