Unspecified over Lavau, Champagne-Ardenne · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 26 octobre 1999 vers 6 heures 45, un témoin observe une boule de la taille d'une orange accolée à une autre boule de la taille d'une noix, stationnaires très loin et très haut dans le ciel. L'observation a duré 3 à 4 minutes. Aucune autre information n'a été collectée sur cette observation. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1999-10-01539). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1999-10-23 → 1999-11-09