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Glowing Globe Over Martinique in 1937
A recent witness recalled an unusual aerial phenomenon observed in 1937 in the east of Martinique. According to his testimony, around 6 p.m., he saw a…
UFO seen by two pilots in Orange in 1951
On June 15, 1951, two French pilots from the Orange-Caritat air base spotted an unidentified object in the sky. At 11:30 AM, one of them noticed a bri…
Biarritz 1951, observation of a plate-like object
A witness reported in 1975 an observation that occurred in August 1951 near Biarritz, on the French coast. Around midnight, he saw an object shaped li…
Port-Gentil (Gabon) 1952
An officer and the captain of a ship anchored in Port-Gentil (Gabon) observed an unusual luminous phenomenon on June 1, 1952. At 2:40 AM, the second o…
Circular UFO in Crepy-En-Ponthieu in 1952
A French child witnessed an unidentified flying object in 1952 during a family road trip. While returning from vacation, the family stopped near a fie…
UFO in Limoges 1953
In April 1953, three witnesses at an air force warehouse in Limoges observed an unusual aerial phenomenon. A red-orange light moved silently across th…
UFO identified as Jupiter in France 1953
In November 1953, several witnesses in Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) observed a white luminous sphere in the sky. The phenomenon was described as stati…
Flying Saucer in Algeria 1954
In 1954, a 15-year-old boy in Sainte-Clotilde, near Oran (Algeria), observed an unusual aerial phenomenon. A bright orange disc suddenly appeared in t…
Black circular UFO seen in Morocco in 1954
On September 5, 1954, near the PTT radio station at Cap Spartel (Morocco), a family observed a black circular object high in the sky, roughly the size…
Cylindrical UFO in motion in 1954
In 1954, two witnesses in France observed a dark cylindrical object with an oscillating movement in a field. The day was clear and fog-free, aiding vi…
Figeac 1954, Disappearance of a mysterious box
In September 1954, three children aged between 5 and 10 years witnessed a strange event while walking to school near Figeac in the Lot department. Whi…
UFO photographed near a dolmen in France
In October 1954, a witness in Wimereux was attempting to photograph a dolmen when he spotted an elliptical, light-colored object moving northeast. He …
UFO in cigar shape in France
On October 27, 1954, around 11:15 PM, a witness walking along the National Road 40 in Oye-Plage, France, noticed an opalescent light just a few meters…
PLOEMEUR (56) 02.09.2017
On September 2, 2017, a witness observed around twenty whitish lights passing silently over Ploemeur and Lorient. The event lasted between 1 and 2 min…
UFO in France, Poncey-sur-l'Ignon 1954
In October 1954, in the French town of Poncey-sur-l'Ignon, several unexplained events caught the attention of locals. The first occurred on October 2n…
Fireball seen in Montrevel in 2017
A witness in Montrevel (Isère) reported in September 2017 the observation of a luminous object described as a yellow-orange fireball falling silently.…
UFO in Cotes-d'Armor Classified as Venus
The UFO sighting in Cotes-d'Armor on December 31, 1994 was initially classified as unexplained, but after a review using new methods, the GEIPAN reana…
Crepy-en-Valois 1954, Luminous Disk Over Senlis
In October 1954, a family in Crepy-en-Valois observed a luminous red-orange disk for about 40 minutes. The object, described as a disk with a kind of …
Oval UFO in France 1954
On October 7, 1954, two people in Lacroix-Saint-Ouen (Oise, France) saw an oval-shaped object with a very bright aluminum color above the church bell …
LACROIX-SAINT-OUEN (60) 08.10.1954
In October 1954, four witnesses saw a luminous circular object in the sky. The phenomenon moved from east to west and lasted only a few seconds. The F…
CROTOY (LE) (80) 09.10.1954
Three farmers observed a flying saucer-shaped object in the sky for 45 minutes. The orange-colored object was seen heading northwest before disappeari…
Multicolored Spherical UFO Sighted in Somme
On October 14, 1954, at around 5:00 PM, four witnesses in the Somme region of France observed a spherical object moving southwest at an altitude of ab…
Smoke trails in Saint-Ambroix
On January 18, 2017, a witness in Saint-Ambroix observed two intermittent gray smoke trails in a clear sky from their window. The unusual nature of th…
UFO Reflection in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine 2016
On the night of November 29, 2016, a person in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine observed an unusual light. Looking through the bathroom window, they saw a fli…
Beauvoisin 2017, Venus mistaken for a UFO
On February 6, 2017, at around 8:45 PM, a woman noticed a very bright light in the sky. After arriving home, she continued to observe the static light…
UFO, Case of two gendarmes in France in 1954
In October 1954, two gendarmes in northern France observed a luminous phenomenon crossing the sky from north to south. The horizontal and very bright …
Mailly-le-Camp 1954
In October 1954, an officer and another person observed a bright object in the sky over Mailly-le-Camp. The object appeared shortly after sunset, at a…
Luminous UFO ball in 1954
In October 1954, a farmer and his employee observed a luminous phenomenon near a path in the Somme region of France. The object, described as a fireba…
UFO in Ain 1954
On the night of November 20, 1954, between 1:30 and 3:30 AM, several people in the French region of Ain observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky. The…
Luminous disk over Saint-Simon
On January 19, 1955, three people in Saint-Simon, Aisne, observed a luminous phenomenon moving from the northeast to the southwest. They described a b…
UFO in Remiremont 1955
A witness reported an unidentified flying object observation in Remiremont, in the Vosges region, during the 1950s. According to the testimony, the ev…
UFO shaped like a shell observed by gendarmes in Givet
On May 20, 1955, at 2:30 am, two gendarmes in Givet, Ardennes, observed a luminous phenomenon that caught their attention. The object was shell-shaped…
Red sky over Cavaillon
In June 1955, three witnesses in Cavaillon observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky. At 20:55, they saw a red rectangle that initially remained stati…
Red ball over Seine-Maritime in 1956
In April 1956, three witnesses in La Londe observed a red ball in the sky on a clear, moonless night. The phenomenon remained stationary for several m…
Red ball in the Paris sky of 1956
On November 15, 1956, at 19:05 in Paris, an observer on the ground saw a bright red ball moving from northwest to southeast in a clear sky. Suddenly, …
HADJOUT (DZ.42) 03.01.1957
On January 3, 1957, at 20:22 UTC, three witnesses observed a luminous object with a green then red trail crossing the sky from southwest to northeast …
UFO sightings in the Ardennes in 1957
In October 1957, several groups in the Ardennes observed strange aerial phenomena. A first group saw a red disk that split into two parts, while anoth…
Cognac radar case 1957
On December 17, 1957, four military personnel at the Cognac air base detected a radar echo at 15:01. The object appeared at 40 km and disappeared at 1…
TOMBOUCTOU (ML.06) 20.03.1953
On March 20, 1953, around 8:15 PM, two witnesses in Tombouctou (Mali) observed a fixed orange light near the horizon. The object moved slowly from nor…
UFO in Ain France 1959
Three witnesses in Sali (Algeria) observed a bright orange object in the sky on September 14, 1959. The phenomenon began at 5:10 AM and lasted about a…
UFO sighted in Dakar in 1959
On November 24, 1959, around 8:20 PM, a witness at the commercial port of Dakar (Senegal) observed a luminous phenomenon composed of bright points sur…
Fire drop in the sky over Wissous
In 1960, two people in Wissous witnessed a strange "fire drop" descending vertically from a storm cloud. Described as elongated at the top, the object…
Visual report of a luminous phenomenon in Cantal 1960
Two schoolchildren observed an unknown luminous phenomenon in the Cantal region, France, sometime between March and May 1960. At 7:30 in the morning, …
The green light in La Londe (1960)
In November 1960, two people in La Londe (Seine-Maritime) observed green, orange, and red lights in the sky. A week later, one of the witnesses notice…
Orange glowing ball in northern France 1963
In November 1963, a father and his two sons were walking along a rural path when they observed an orange glowing ball. The phenomenon remained station…
UFO seen near a military base in 1964
In February 1964, a witness reported seeing a strange phenomenon near the Bourget military base. At 2:30 in the morning, while returning to the base, …
UFO in Valensole 1965
On July 1, 1965, a farmer in Valensole, France, had an unusual experience. At 5:45 AM while working in his lavender field, he heard a strange whistle.…
A flying saucer and children in a lavender field in 1965
In July 1965, a 14-year-old boy and his 4-year-old brother witnessed something unusual while traveling by car through a lavender field between Moustie…
Triangular UFO in Blois 1965
In July 1965, multiple witnesses in Blois observed a bright triangular object in the sky. The object, appearing metallic, remained stationary and inte…
Metallic ball in the sky over Beauvais
In August 1965, several people in Beauvais observed a bright, metallic ball in the eastern sky near a chimney under demolition. The object remained st…
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