Unspecified over Saint-Esteve, Languedoc Roussillon · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Un témoin rapporte par téléphone qu'il a observé le 31 juillet 2009 vers 20h47, le passage sud-Nord d'une masse sombre plus grosse qu'une étoile. Il dit avoir pris plusieurs photographies durant l'observation qui a duré 8 minutes. Malheureusement aucune information complémentaire ne sera recueillie et toute enquête sera impossible. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2009-07-02395). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2009-07-28 → 2009-08-14