Sphere over Meudon, Ile-de-France · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 04 juillet 1980 peu avant 22h30 un témoin observe dans le ciel un disque très lumineux de couleur orange. Ce disque est accompagné sur sa droite d'un filet de fumée. L'ensemble se déplace sans bruit. Après moins d'une minute d'obsevation, le disque a disparu laissant la place à une lumière jaune. Aucune autre information n'a été recueillie 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 1980-07-00779). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1980-07-01 → 1980-07-18