Unspecified over L'Hopital, Lorraine · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
le 08 août 1993 des témoins aperçoivent vers 22h une lueur de forme sphérique et de la taille d'une montgolfière.l'observation va durer 30 secondes puis l'objet disparaitra rapidement avec un sifflement aïgu. Aucune autre information n'a pu être recueillie. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1993-08-01319). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1993-08-05 → 1993-08-22