Cylinder over Bellegarde-Du-Razes, Midi-Pyrénées · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 9 août 2003 vers 23 heures, observation par un témoin et sa famille du passage dans le ciel de lumières clignotantes évoquant un gros porteur. Phénomène classé C faute d'informations suffisantes. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2003-08-01613). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2003-08-06 → 2003-08-23