Reddish-orange dot with erratic trajectory over Limoges in 1953

Summary

On 11 April 1953, three people at a warehouse on the Limoges air base observed a reddish-orange dot moving silently across the sky. The captain who filed the report described irregular trajectories with turns of about 15 degrees per second and a 45-degree back-and-forth sweep over six minutes. Two other witnesses tracked it for two to three minutes. No sound was heard, and no aircraft or meteorological phenomenon could account for the observation.

Despite having only one formal report, the precision of the description and the unusual motion make this case stand out. Classified D1 — unidentified strange phenomenon.