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Airbus test flight mistaken for UFO in the Pyrenees
On October 31, 2017, three witnesses in a garden in Hautes-Pyrénées spotted a luminous point to the east that soon revealed three white lights seeming…
Static light and sudden disappearance in Landes in 1988
On October 19, 1988, a witness in the Landes region observed a static light in the sky that suddenly disappeared after moving at high speed for about …
Blue luminous ball with spark trail over Sisteron in 1988
On October 20, 1988, two witnesses in Sisteron (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) observed a light blue luminous ball descending rapidly along a vertical traje…
Rocket stage reentry over French Polynesia in 1988
In October 1988, several witnesses in French Polynesia observed very bright white or red-orange balls following a straight trajectory without any soun…
Possible electrical plasma phenomenon in Dordogne in 1988
In December 1988, a witness in Dordogne observed an intense blue-violet light, brighter than a welding arc, moving in a straight line about sixty mete…
Silent round object over a field near Cambrai in 1988
On December 16, 1988, near Cambrai, a student observed from her car a silent round object hovering steadily about twenty meters above a field. Four to…
The Moon mistaken for a UFO in Montdardier in 1988
In December 1988, four witnesses in Montdardier (Gard) observed a luminous object shaped like a double rectangle separated by a dark band, silent and …
Soyuz rocket fragment recovered after mass sighting across France in 1988
Around 12:50 AM on December 21, 1988, hundreds of witnesses along a north-south axis across France observed a bright white object with a yellow-orange…
Late testimony in Noisy-le-Sec possibly linked to Cosmos 1954
In February 2011, a witness recounted a sighting they placed at the end of December 1988 in Noisy-le-Sec. The testimony specified neither the exact da…
Dark mass with intense light in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu in 1988
In December 1988, a driver and passenger near Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu were startled when an intense light suddenly illuminated the landscape. Aft…
Cylindrical object with dome over Seine-Maritime marshes in 1989
On January 12, 1989, a woman driving through Seine-Maritime observed a cylindrical object hovering about thirty meters above the marshes. Its upper se…
Star or planet amplified by binoculars in Saint-André-de-l'Eure in 1989
On January 15, 1989, a woman and her children went outside to observe the sky with high-powered binoculars after a TV weather broadcast announced good…
Bright stars due to atmospheric conditions in Creuse in 1989
In late January 1989, the Guéret gendarmerie asked all its brigades to observe the sky to the east. Very bright points with changing colors had been r…
Fleeting bluish light seen from several southwestern departments in 1989
In February 1989, about ten independent witnesses spread across several departments in southwestern France — Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, and others — ob…
Fast-moving luminous points over the Jura seen from Ballaison in 1989
On February 7, 1989, a witness in Haute-Savoie observed for a few seconds about ten luminous points moving at high speed over the Jura mountains. No o…
Car stopped and fireball in the Sarthe region in 1989
On the night of March 2–3, 1989, two witnesses driving through the Sarthe region experienced a baffling episode: their car suddenly stopped and the he…
Flaming object with color-changing trail in Aveyron in 1989
On March 12, 1989, a woman in Aveyron observed a flaming object descending toward the ground, leaving a trail that shifted from yellow to red before v…
Exceptional northern lights observed in France in 1989
In March 1989, several witnesses in France observed a luminous phenomenon within cloud layers displaying yellow, green, and red hues. Initially classi…
Fireball over Lozère in May 1989
One night in May 1989, a man spotted an extremely bright fireball crossing the sky at high speed near Chanac, Lozère. Several kilometres away, a genda…
Three zigzagging lights over Neuvelle-les-Lure in 1989
At 23:15 on 30 May 1989, three forest rangers in Neuvelle-les-Lure witnessed something hard to explain. Three bright spotlights appeared in the sky, e…
Unexplained traces in a wheat field at Meaux
In June 1989, a farmer in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) discovered an anomalous area in his wheat field: a strip roughly 25 metres long and 3 metres wide whe…
Luminous point with trail over Les Sables d'Olonne
In the early hours of 28 June 1989, a witness in Les Sables d'Olonne saw a bright point of light moving rapidly in a straight line from southwest to n…
Elongated object over Lac d'Opale in the Pyrenees
In July 1989, two people watched an elongated object move slowly over the water, rocks, and snow of Lac d'Opale in Estaing (Pyrenees) for about 25 min…
Fleeting orange light over Finistère in August 1989
A data-poor case. On 19 August 1989, around 23:00, a gendarme and his wife saw a large orange light—roughly four times the apparent size of a star—abo…
Luminous object with green trail seen by a taxi driver in Paris
A brief, isolated observation. On 5 September 1988, a taxi driver in Paris saw a round luminous object cross the sky quickly, leaving a green trail. T…
Burned and twisted roof tiles after a luminous phenomenon in Bertre
One night in September 1989, an insomniac in Les Tuiles, near Bertre (Tarn), noticed an intense light above his house. Approaching, he saw a spinning-…
Stationary lights over La Rochelle aerodrome
A data-scarce case. In October 1989, an air traffic controller in La Rochelle received a call from a witness who claimed to have observed two stationa…
Bright disc and companion object at Saint-Priest
In October 1989, a couple in Saint-Priest (Ardèche) observed a bright rotating disc accompanied by a second object that descended and ascended. Other …
Brief fireball over Benagues
A very short sighting. On 26 October 1989, a witness saw a fireball cross the sky over Benagues, Ariège, lasting only 3 to 4 seconds. Investigators co…
Bright light and scorched vegetation in Pléneuf-Val-André
On the night of 8 October 1989, a couple in Pléneuf-Val-André saw a very bright light through a skylight. The next day, they found scorched grass and …
Brief featureless sighting at Châtel-de-Neuvre
A data-poor case. In October 1989, a witness in the Allier region saw an object resembling an aircraft that quickly disappeared over the horizon. The …
Kerosene-scorched ground in a meadow at Brix
In October 1989, a Norman farmer discovered an irregularly shaped scorched patch in his meadow: nearly 17 metres long and 4 wide, the soil blackened, …
Re-entry of satellite Cosmos 2047 mistaken for a UFO at Mirecourt
One night in November 1989, a woman in Mirecourt saw from her window a red luminous object pass quickly near her house. She described it as two superi…
Contradictory testimony about lights in Le Havre
On 25 November 1989 at 22:10, a man in Le Havre reported seeing three luminous points forming a triangle. His nervous state prevented the gendarmes fr…
Brief sighting of a grey-black triangular object at Dieppe
In November 1989, a witness in Dieppe saw for fewer than five seconds a triangular object with rounded edges and a grey-black colour, bearing three bl…
Weather balloon mistaken for a UFO by schoolchildren in Cantal
In January 1990, about a dozen children at a school in Mauriac (Cantal) watched a black oval or cylindrical object glide silently past at roughly 150 …
Metallic triangular object reported years later in Strasbourg
A witness recalls seeing in Strasbourg, sometime between 1990 and 1991, a metallic-grey triangular object with three bright lights and geometric desig…
Late and featureless testimony from Côte-d'Or
A near-empty case. A witness briefly described a sighting in Ternant (Côte-d'Or) in the early 1990s, but the testimony was not recorded until January …
Silent rugby-ball-shaped object over Ars-sur-Moselle
In February 1990, a young couple driving through Ars-sur-Moselle saw an object resembling a rugby ball, roughly 2.5 to 3 metres across, fitted with th…
Orange buzzing disc over Binic
In March 1990, three witnesses in Binic (Côtes-d'Armor) reported an unusual luminous phenomenon. One described an orange disc-shaped object emitting a…
Manta-ray-shaped shadow over Bléré
A case with few elements. On 10 April 1990, a driver in Bléré (Indre-et-Loire) saw a shadow shaped like a manta ray cross his path at low altitude, mo…
Moon-sized red light over Montmarault
On 30 April 1990, three independent witnesses in the Allier region observed a red light the apparent size of the moon, moving diagonally towards the g…
Four flickering lights over Calais
On an April 1990 evening, a resident of Calais spotted four flickering lights in the sky from their home and watched them for about fifteen minutes. N…
Red dot and luminous triangle over Thiant
On the night of 1 May 1990, around 11 p.m., a man driving near Thiant noticed a stationary red dot in the sky and stopped his car to watch. After a fe…
Silent triangle over Sivry-Courtry
On 4 May 1990 a woman in Sivry-Courtry saw a silent triangular object with powerful lights. It paused briefly before vanishing at high speed. The test…
Disco lights mistaken for a UFO in Ribecourt-Dreslincourt
Over several days in May 1990, residents of Ribecourt-Dreslincourt noticed yellow lights spinning in the sky. The investigation traced them to the pow…
Dark object with orange flame over Monts
On 26 May 1990, around 10 p.m., a witness and his wife saw an elongated dark object trailing an orange flame moving rapidly across the sky over Monts.…
Probable Mylar balloon sighted in Loiret
In May 1990, three witnesses in the Loiret department saw an oval or semi-spherical grey-silver object with appendages drifting silently with the wind…
Giant fairy ring in Pleine-Fougères
In 1990 a farmer in Pleine-Fougères found a circle of yellowed grass nearly eight metres across, with a band width of 15 to 25 centimetres. The phenom…
Navigation lights mistaken for a UFO at sea
On 3 July 1990 a sailor at the helm of his yacht observed for about thirty seconds a luminous oval object showing red and blue-green lights, with no n…
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