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Triangular object with coloured lights in Moselle
On 11 May 2008, two witnesses saw a triangular-shaped object cross the Moselle sky at high speed. They described white, green and red lights, both ste…
Fleeting red object in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe
On 10 May 2008, a witness in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe saw a red object moving quickly from south to west across a clear, starry sky. By the time they retu…
Green ball in the night sky over La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
At 2 AM on 30 May 2008, a witness in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (Loire-Atlantique) saw a green luminous ball that appeared to fall from the sky before vani…
Merging luminous balls over Cesson-Sévigné
Between 10:35 and 11:15 PM on 17 May 2008, two people in Cesson-Sévigné watched three luminous balls merge and split against a low, cloudy sky. Simila…
Bright object in Gémenos identified as the ISS
On 21 May 2008, a witness in Gémenos saw a very bright white object cross the sky from south to northeast, tracing a curve and making no sound. The in…
Prolonged luminous phenomenon in Decazeville
In May 2008, a witness in Decazeville (Aveyron) watched a luminous phenomenon in the sky for over 50 minutes, using binoculars and recording the event…
Two luminous dots at dawn in Fleury (Aude)
At 4:30 AM on 4 May 2008, a witness in Fleury (Aude) saw two luminous dots moving quickly above the horizon. The dots separated and changed direction …
White sphere over Montoir-de-Bretagne
On 7 May 2008, two witnesses saw a white, round object moving quickly from east to west on a slightly descending trajectory, without making any sound.…
Bright ball in Oisly identified as the ISS
At 4:30 AM on 8 May 2008, two observers in Oisly (Loir-et-Cher) saw a very bright white ball moving from west to east for about two minutes. Winstars …
Luminous pyramid-shaped object in Lavergne
On the night of 1 May 2008, at 10:15 PM, a teenager in Lavergne (Lot) first heard high-pitched voices speaking unknown words, then saw a dark, pyramid…
Yellow and orange balls over Avignon
On 14 May 2008, three people in Avignon saw three luminous balls in yellow and orange tones drifting slowly from east to west, silently, for under a m…
Luminous masses over Châteaugiron attributed to searchlights
In May 2008, several passengers in a car in Châteaugiron saw two opaque white masses moving and changing shape in the sky, appearing and disappearing …
Two orange objects over Avignon on 10 May 2008
At around 11:30 PM on 10 May 2008, a witness in Avignon saw a flash in the clear sky followed, ten seconds later, by two round orange objects moving s…
Strange shapes in photographs taken in Blois
On 11 May 2008, a witness in Blois discovered unusual shapes in photographs they had taken, though nothing strange had been noticed at the time of cap…
White and red lights in Laître-sous-Amance
Between 10:30 and 11 PM on 31 May 2008, a witness in Laître-sous-Amance saw a large white light followed by a smaller red one, moving together silentl…
Nocturnal luminous object in Bergerac identified as the ISS
At 00:04 on 28 May 2008, a witness in Bergerac (Dordogne) saw a luminous object cross the sky quickly in a straight north-westerly trajectory. GEIPAN …
Luminous spheres on the French Atlantic coast explained as lanterns
At around 10 PM on 3 May 2008, several witnesses along the French Atlantic coast and on the Île d'Yeu saw luminous spheres moving silently across the …
Bright ball in Saint-Coulomb probably the ISS
In May 2008, a witness in Saint-Coulomb saw a bright yellow-white ball moving silently across the sky. The witness noted that its changing brightness …
Static then moving luminous ball in Dompierre-sur-Yon
In May 2008, a witness in Dompierre-sur-Yon described by email a luminous ball that first hovered motionless then moved northward without making any s…
Fleeting luminous ball spotted on the road from Milizac to Brest
On 5 May 2008, between 7:00 and 7:05 AM, a driver and their daughter saw a luminous ball at high altitude for a few seconds before it disappeared quic…
Streetlight reflections in a night photograph from Groix
A witness submitted a photograph taken in Groix showing three unexplained red spots. Optical analysis revealed that each spot was an internal lens ref…
Blue luminous shapes over the Paris region in Cachan
A witness reported by email the sighting of bluish, roughly round luminous shapes in a cloudy sky over the Cachan area, accompanied by photographs. No…
Brief luminous ball in Ruaudin with insufficient data
Around 11 PM on 16 May 2008, a witness in Ruaudin saw a luminous ball moving left to right behind the clouds. The testimony is vague and lacks the det…
Orange ball heading north over Saint-Georges-du-Bois
On the night of 6 May 2008, two people in Saint-Georges-du-Bois saw a very bright orange ball moving northward until it disappeared below the horizon.…
Diamond-shaped luminous object over Montaigu
In May 2008, a person in Montaigu observed a luminous object resembling a three-dimensional diamond moving silently northward before vanishing on the …
Recurring luminous phenomenon at Argentré-du-Plessis
A family in Argentré-du-Plessis witnessed a luminous phenomenon on multiple occasions. It first appeared on Friday 2 May 2008 at 23:15, returned that …
Dozen orange balls hanging over Lacroix-sur-Meuse
On 4 May 2008, a motorist in Lacroix-sur-Meuse watched about a dozen orange luminous balls suspended in the sky for five minutes, with no associated s…
Two silent lights seen by students in Juigné-des-Moutiers
In May 2008, six students in Juigné-des-Moutiers watched two white-and-blue lights move silently across the sky before climbing rapidly. The lights fe…
Probable confusion with Jupiter in Theix
In the early hours between 6 and 7 May 2008, an observer in Theix reported a luminous object in the sky. The testimony reached GEIPAN a year later wit…
Light on a straight path over Calvados without conclusive explanation
In May 2008, a witness near La Graverie in Calvados saw a light moving in a straight line from southwest to northeast at about 30 degrees above the ho…
Luminous dot over Barbâtre beach attributed to a flying lantern
On 1 May 2008, a fisherman on a beach in Barbâtre saw a white luminous dot moving slowly across the sky. It appeared to come from the Île d'Yeu and he…
Jupiter mistaken for an aerial phenomenon from a Mediterranean cruise
On the night of 2 March 2018, a tourist on a cruise ship near Minorca was trying to photograph the full moon when he noticed an extremely bright point…
Venus mistaken for a descending object in Marseille
At dusk on 31 March 2018, a witness in Marseille observed from his balcony a luminous ball with shifting colours that seemed to descend slowly, as tho…
Venus identified after 40-minute observation in Lyon
On 4 April 2018, an observer in Lyon spotted a bright, circular object with apparent filaments that remained visible for about 40 minutes before disap…
Probable insect captured with flash in a Ceillac photograph
A witness discovered upon reviewing a photograph taken in Ceillac an element not noticed at the time of shooting. The image shows a bright dot followe…
Flying lanterns identified in Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont
Close to midnight on 22 June 2008, two witnesses in Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont saw about ten orange lights moving silently across the sky and recorded…
Contradictory luminous phenomenon photographed in Tournefeuille
In June 2008, a witness in Tournefeuille captured images of a luminous phenomenon in the sky. GEIPAN opened an investigation following a press article…
Shifting light in Châlons-en-Champagne with no verifiable data
A witness reported a light that moved and changed intensity over Châlons-en-Champagne. Despite several contact attempts, GEIPAN obtained no further da…
Multiple lights over Paris attributed to celebration lanterns
On the night of 13 June 2008, several witnesses in Paris observed dim lights moving from northeast to northwest. A video captured the phenomenon, and …
Three ovoid objects briefly sighted in Fameck
In June 2008, a witness in Fameck observed from a third-floor balcony three rugby-ball-shaped objects in faded brown and yellow tones. They moved in s…
Descending lights near Roissy probably caused by aircraft
A witness in Chelles recorded between 11 PM and midnight yellow-and-orange lights that appeared to descend slowly toward the ground near Charles de Ga…
Brief white light in Athis-Mons reported 18 months late
On 29 August 2008, a witness in Athis-Mons saw a very bright white light to the northwest that initially resembled a star. It moved slowly, stopped, a…
Dark spot in a photograph of Fort Lalatte in Plévenon
In May 2008, a photographer took two images of Fort Lalatte in Plévenon. Upon review, he discovered a dark spot in one of them that he had not noticed…
Low-quality photograph with unidentifiable spot in Bry-sur-Marne
In July 2008, a witness in Bry-sur-Marne submitted a photograph containing a suspicious spot. The image was of poor quality and did not allow the obje…
Aircraft and intermittent light in Tourdun in 2018
A long-exposure photograph taken in April 2018, aimed at the zenith between Ursa Major and Leo, captured a luminous trail the witness initially assume…
Green light over Pompignan caused by a laser show
On 17 November 2016, two people in Pompignan spotted a green light crossing the cloudy sky. One of them photographed it several times. The investigati…
Nine lights in triangular formation over Rambouillet
On 31 July 2008 at 23:15, a witness observed nine silent luminous points moving from east to west for just five seconds from their garden in Rambouill…
Silent orange discs over Wahagnies
Around 23:45 on 8 July 2017, a witness and his wife saw two orange discs cross the clear sky without making any sound. The objects followed the same p…
Grey object with tail fins over Coutevroult
On the night of 20 July 2008, a motorist and a passenger observed a light-grey object with two large tail fins that curved through the sky before disa…
Dark lenticular mass near the Eiffel Tower
On 30 July 2008, two people observed from a sixth-floor apartment in Paris a dark, lenticular-shaped mass near the Eiffel Tower. Initially stationary,…
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