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Brief luminous ball over Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Shortly after 6 AM on November 22, 1996, a witness in Illkirch-Graffenstaden observed a luminous ball crossing the sky at high speed, leaving a visibl…
Object with red dome hovering near the ground in Flavin
In September 1996, a mother and daughter spotted an unusual object near Flavin in Aveyron, hovering about 4 meters above the ground. It was egg-shaped…
Fabricated testimony about an ovoid being in Louhans
On January 14, 1997, a witness in Louhans claimed to have seen while jogging an ovoid figure with a triangular head that fled upon approach, dropping …
Luminous ball with fragmentation over southwest France
Around 6:20 PM on February 4, 1997, about a dozen witnesses at various locations in southwest France observed for a few seconds a luminous ball descen…
Zigzagging luminous trails sighted by a pilot in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues
On February 13, 1997, an experienced pilot in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues observed a yellowish trail moving slowly in the sky, which then accelerated in…
Luminous ball with discontinuous movement in Vouziers
In February 1997, a resident of Vouziers reported seeing a luminous ball while driving his van. The object moved discontinuously from west to east wit…
Multiple aerial phenomena near Montpellier
Several sightings were recorded in the Montpellier area between February and March 1997. On March 17, witnesses and air crews observed a green object …
Fast-moving red luminous circle over Lunel
Near midnight on March 7, 1997, a witness in Lunel observed an intense light forming a red circle with what they described as hundreds of projectors, …
Zigzagging object with white trail over Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m. on 9 March 1997, a witness in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Landes) spotted a small pea-sized object zigzagging across the sky, le…
Rapidly descending luminous phenomenon witnessed by pilots and civilians in Occitania
Around 9:00 a.m. on 17 March 1997, multiple observers across the Occitanie region reported a luminous phenomenon descending at high speed. Witnesses i…
Silent rows of lights over Fay-aux-Loges
On the night of 24 March 1997, a driver near Fay-aux-Loges (Loiret) observed a phenomenon composed of several superimposed rows of lights spanning 200…
Incandescent falling object witnessed by gendarmes in Pouancé
At around 9:30 p.m. on 11 March 1997, two gendarmes in Maine-et-Loire witnessed an incandescent object falling through the sky. The event lasted only …
Car fire and analysed fragments after a nocturnal flash in Chambéry
In the early hours of 10–11 April 1997, a witness in Chambéry was woken by an intense white light and a rocket-like noise. He found the roof of his ca…
Unexplained yellow light point over Nice
In April 1997, a witness in Nice watched from his office as a yellow light point moved slowly from south to north over 20 to 25 minutes. The testimony…
Brief luminous streaks over Gaillac
Between 15 and 25 May 1997, a witness in Gaillac (Tarn) briefly spotted luminous streaks with a small trail at two different points in the sky. The ex…
Low-altitude luminous mass over La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
Returning from work, a couple in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique) noticed a light in the sky brighter than the stars. The object approache…
Two luminous spheres merge and speed away over Lille
On the night of 6 June 1997, a witness in Lille observed a stationary luminous sphere in his garden, roughly four times smaller than the moon. Minutes…
Ovoid object follows a vehicle for 45 minutes near Béziers
In June 1997, a driver and passenger near Béziers observed a flat egg-shaped object that followed their vehicle at roughly 50 metres for 45 minutes. T…
Dark object with coloured lights reclassified as probable light aircraft in La Chapelle-Saint-Floren
In 1997, two witnesses in La Chapelle-Saint-Florent (Maine-et-Loire) watched a dark object with coloured lights travel south-west to north-east over s…
Descending light and yellow diamond shape over Les Sables-d'Olonne bay
In the early hours of 4 July 1997, a sailor in the bay of Les Sables-d'Olonne saw a luminous phenomenon descend rapidly, hover for a few seconds and v…
Yellow light tracing arcs over Villiers-le-Morhier
On 4 August 1997, a witness dining in Villiers-le-Morhier (Eure-et-Loir) noticed a yellow light moving above the trees, tracing three arcs across the …
Bright silent point of light over Chamalières
At around 10:40 p.m. on 9 August 1997, a witness and his nephew in Chamalières (Puy-de-Dôme) observed a very bright point of light moving slowly acros…
Jupiter mistaken for a UFO on Réunion Island
On 15 August 1997, two witnesses on Réunion Island described a luminous object that frightened and confused them. A street vendor saw it near the grou…
Green fireball with trail sighted across multiple areas of Lorraine
In the early hours of 27 August 1997, multiple witnesses spread across the Lorraine region saw a green fireball streak across the sky at high speed, l…
Rotating light projecting beams to the ground over Firminy
On the night of 29–30 August 1997, several witnesses in Firminy (Loire) were alerted by the agitated behaviour of farm animals nearby. Upon investigat…
Inconclusive photographs after a sighting in Paris
In August 1997, a witness in Paris observed and photographed two unidentified objects in the sky. After contacting a science magazine, an investigatio…
Silent triangular object reclassified as helicopter in Lyon
In August 1997, three witnesses in Lyon observed a triangular object moving silently at low altitude, fitted with two powerful headlights. One beam po…
Six luminous spheres and a large white orb over Maurens
At around 11:00 p.m. on 27 August 1997, a witness in Dordogne saw six luminous spheres spinning in the sky. Shortly after, five vanished, leaving a la…
Whitish oval shape over Niort attributed to a nightclub searchlight
In August 1997, a driver and passengers spotted a whitish oval shape in the cloudy sky over Niort, surrounded by small oval figures rotating around it…
Luminous object with halo and coloured flashes over Billom
In September 1997, several witnesses in Billom (Puy-de-Dôme) reported a silent, star-sized luminous object moving very slowly across the sky. A reddis…
Partial lunar eclipse mistaken for a UFO in Metz
Two couples observed a luminous phenomenon near the ground in Metz (Moselle) in September 1997. One witness managed to film it. A joint investigation …
Jupiter observation mistaken for a UFO in Bouzonville
In September 1997, a witness in Bouzonville (Moselle) observed a luminous object near the moon from his balcony on two occasions, at 10:00 and 10:30 p…
Triangular object over Boulogne-Billancourt, 1997
In September 1997, a witness in Boulogne-Billancourt reported a triangular object with lights moving slowly across the sky. He described vibrations an…
Oval light with trail over Savoie, 1997
On the night of September 23–24, 1997, two independent witnesses in the Savoie region spotted a very bright oval-shaped light with a tail. The phenome…
Fireball with dark trail in Drôme, 1997
On September 29, 1997, a motorist briefly observed a fireball accompanied by a trail of black smoke. Though short, the description ruled out conventio…
Recurring luminous spheres in Saint-Gervais, 1997
Over several nights in September 1997, a witness in Saint-Gervais (Gard) observed orange luminous spheres with an apparent diameter of 8–10 cm. The fi…
Object with double row of lights in Bourth, 1997
On the evening of October 10, 1997, a couple in Bourth (Eure) spotted a bright point of 3–4 mm apparent diameter that momentarily vanished before desc…
Rectangular luminous object in Bissezeele, 1997
In October 1997, a physician in Bissezeele (Nord) noticed a rectangular luminous object while making house calls. At a patient's home, the object was …
Weather balloon debris found in Champ-du-Boult, 1997
In October 1997, children found the remains of a weather balloon among brambles in Champ-du-Boult (Calvados). Recovered items included an aluminum sph…
Brief luminous phenomenon in Villamblard, 1997
At 19:30 on November 13, 1997, a witness in Villamblard (Dordogne) saw an orange luminous object moving rapidly toward Earth for a few seconds, produc…
Flashes and power outages in Brienne-le-Château, 1997
Around 23:00 on December 11, 1997, military personnel observed silent luminous flashes in the Aube area. Simultaneous brief power outages were confirm…
Flaming object over Cergy, 1997
At 7:45 a.m. on December 27, 1997, a driver in Cergy (Val-d'Oise) saw a flaming object falling rapidly. The phenomenon was silent, lasted about three …
Luminous phenomenon filmed in Canet, 1997
A data-poor case. On December 14, 1997, a driver near Canet (Aude) noticed an unusual luminous phenomenon at 17:00 and recorded it on video, suspectin…
Bright object recorded through telescope in Montataire, 1998
A detail-sparse case. On January 6, 1998, an amateur astronomer in Montataire (Oise) observed a bright, apparently moving object in the sky and manage…
Luminous disc sighted in Saint-Vit, 1998
In January 1998, three people in the same car in Saint-Vit (Doubs) sighted a bright object 20–25 meters in diameter with black stripes and yellow and …
Object with muffled sound in Louvatange, 1998
A very brief, data-poor case. On February 6, 1998, a man chopping wood in the Jura region saw a sky object he described as a spacecraft, accompanied b…
Photography kite mistaken for UFO in Montpellier, 1998
On February 8, 1998, a witness in Montpellier reported a black object in the sky. Investigation revealed it was a kite used that same day by a profess…
Fast-moving lights seen by pilot near Gruissan, 1998
On April 23, 1998, the pilot of a Boeing 727 heading to Barcelona observed a series of blue and green lights moving at high speed in the distance. The…
Black object with occupants in Bélis, 1998
In April 1998, a woman outside her holiday home in the Landes was startled by a persistent shadow. Looking up, she saw a round black object only meter…
Three white lights photographed in Seclin, 1998
On the night of June 17–18, 1998, a woman in Seclin (Nord) noticed three white lights in the sky through her bathroom window. The lights remained visi…
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