Light over Gueutteville-Les-Gres, Haute Normandie · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Au cours des nuits du 4 au 18 octobre 1987, un témoin observe dans le ciel un point très lumineux. Suite à un article paru dans la presse régionale de nombreux autres témoins de cette observation se manifestent. Il s'agit probablement de la planète Jupiter présentant avec ses satellites une intense et spectaculaire activité en cette période de l' année. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1987-10-01116). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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