1997: Sailing ship observe UFO near France

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: July 3, 1997

Sighting Time: 4 a.m.

Day/Night: Night

Location: Perigny, France

Urban or Rural: –

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration: 10 to 15 seconds

No. of Object(s): 1

Height & Speed:

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): rhombus 

Color of Object(s): yellow 

Number of Witnesses:  Multiple

Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program)

Summary/Description: In the night of July 3, 1997 at 4 a.m., a witness in his sailing ship observes an intense gleam which goes down quickly during 2 to 3 seconds, stabilizes itself a few moments before moving out again very quickly horizontally to disappear in 2 or 3 seconds approximately. The witness calls his two fellow-members who were sleeping to announce his observation to them when they are witnesses to a second phenomenon in the form of yellow rhombus ochre with lights on the tops.

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In the night of July 3, 1997 at 4 a.m., a witness in his sailing ship observes an intense gleam which goes down quickly during 2 to 3 seconds, stabilizes itself a few moments before moving out again very quickly horizontally to disappear into 2 or 3 seconds approximately. The witness calls his two fellow-members who were sleeping to announce his observation to them when they are witness to a second phenomenon in the form of yellow rhombus ochre with lights on the tops. The object moved very quickly at the level of the clouds and disappeared at the end of 10 to 15 seconds. The phenomena observed were not explained.