Oval over Villemontais, Rhône-Alpes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 14 décembre 1979 vers 21h 30 un jeune motocycliste aperçoit dans le ciel 6 objets de forme ovale et brillants. Ils se déplacent rapidement en formation trois par trois et disparaissent en direction de l’Ouest. Aucune trace sur l'environnement et aucun autre témoignage ne seront recueillis 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 1979-12-00700). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1979-12-11 → 1979-12-28