Unspecified over Tocane-Saint-Apre, Aquitaine · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 20 août 2001, vers 23 heures 15 un témoin sur un terrain de camping observe le passage d'un triangle délimité par trois points lumineux dans le ciel. Le phénomène est silencieux et dure quelques minutes. Le fils du témoin essaiera en vain de le filmer. Aucune autre information disponible. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2001-08-01572). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2001-08-17 → 2001-09-03