Light over Chessy, Rhône-Alpes · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 19 août 1999 à 1 heure, deux gendarmes en poste de surveillance observent dans le ciel un point lumineux très brillant avec trois points lumineux bleu vert et rouge tournant très vite autour. Le phénomène a de temps à autre un mouvement pendulaire. Aucune autre information sur cette observation d'une durée de 20 minutes environ. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1999-08-01535). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1999-08-16 → 1999-09-02