Sphere over Malville, Pays de la Loire · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 25 juillet à 5 heures 30 deux gendarmes en mission observent depuis leur véhicule le passage très rapide d'une boule de feu rouge et verte suivie d'une trainée de fumée. Plusieurs autres témoins se manifesteront et la presse fera état de cette observation qui est très probablement une rentrée de météorite ou de débris spatial. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1999-07-01532). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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