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Bas-Rhin, follower light reclassified as Venus
On the night of 11–12 April 1980, several witnesses in Bas-Rhin reported a light that appeared to follow their vehicle—a well-known 'follower ball' ef…
Metz, luminous dots probably of aeronautical origin
In April 1980, two people in Metz observed luminous dots moving from north to south at high altitude, emitting intermittent white light. No other test…
Le Pellerin, falling flame and area of burnt grass
On 21 April 1980, a witness in Le Pellerin heard a whistling sound and saw a flame fall nearby from the north-west. He described an object the size of…
Vezzani (Corsica), red-orange sphere near a house
In April 1980, a witness in Haute-Corse saw a red-orange sphere the size of a football approach to within about five metres of his home. The object di…
Le Chesnay, ascending white sphere with no explanation
At 22:45 on 5 April 1980, a witness in Le Chesnay saw a white luminous sphere rising in jumps and leaving a trail. After reaching a certain altitude i…
Flixecourt, light and perceived presence reported by a teenager
At 23:30 on a May 1980 night, a teenager's room in Flixecourt was suddenly flooded with light. The witness claimed to have sensed a human figure. Toge…
The red spinning top of Buxy
On the night of May 8, 1980, a resident of Buxy (Saône-et-Loire) was alerted by the unusual behavior of his dogs. Looking skyward, he saw an object re…
Fleeting green fireball over Vincennes
At 4:45 a.m. on May 13, 1980, a man walking to work in Vincennes spotted a very bright green ball streaking across the sky from south to north at low …
Venus mistaken for a UFO in Toulaud
During a nighttime military exercise in May 1980, French soldiers in Ardèche observed a bright, silent point of light that seemed to approach and rece…
Reddish oval object over Duclair
On May 15, 1980, a witness in Seine-Maritime saw a bright oval-shaped object streak across the sky at high speed. It was red-orange with a visible tai…
Gendarmes followed by a light on the A1 motorway
In the early hours of May 13, 1980, two gendarmes patrolling the A1 motorway near Roye spotted a luminous object in the sky. They pulled into a rest a…
Metallic domed object over Huningue
On May 26, 1980, two walkers in Huningue observed an unusual object hovering at roughly 200–300 meters. One witness, a trained mechanic, described a m…
Signal rockets mistaken for UFOs in Charleville-Mézières
In May 1980, several witnesses including gendarmes watched two round red objects descend slowly over Charleville-Mézières at a steady pace, followed b…
Lights over Pau during the Tour de France
On July 12, 2017, as Pau hosted a Tour de France stage, a pedestrian noticed several people in Place Clémenceau pointing skyward. He saw bright, flat …
Silent flash over Versailles
In the early hours of June 6, 1980, three officials on night patrol in Versailles watched an object cross the sky from west to east in just four secon…
Luminous triangle over Indre-et-Loire
At 11:45 p.m. on June 19, 1980, a child in Chanceaux-près-Loches woke to find his bedroom suddenly lit up. Through the window he saw a silent triangul…
Brief orange disc over Meudon
Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 1980, a witness in Meudon saw a very bright orange disc with a thin smoke trail to its right, moving silently acr…
The Sun mistaken for a UFO in Fontenay-le-Fleury
On July 21, 1980, a resident of Fontenay-le-Fleury spotted from his fifth-floor apartment a bright orange hemispherical shape that hovered for a minut…
Stationary luminous ovoid near Le Blanc
On the night of July 25, 1980, a witness in Le Blanc reported seeing a luminous orange oval object roughly 80 cm tall and 40 cm wide, hovering about 5…
Blinding white sphere in Issoire
At 4:30 a.m. on July 24, 1980, two witnesses in Issoire saw a white ball so intensely bright it illuminated the countryside and hurt their eyes. The o…
Luminous phenomenon over the Taverny military base
On the evening of August 7, 1980, several witnesses in Taverny saw a yellow-orange light pass swiftly over an antenna at the F.N.S. military base. The…
Elongated object with course changes over Mulhouse
In August 1980, several witnesses in Mulhouse observed an elongated airborne object emitting a central light and making sharp directional changes — fi…
Color-shifting light over Coulommiers
In August 1980, two witnesses in Coulommiers watched a circular light with a very bright core travel from north to south before curving southwest. Alo…
Low-altitude red lights in Neufchâtel-en-Bray
On the night of August 6, 1980, three people watched two groups of three red lights — one flickering — move together at low altitude and slow speed ov…
Possible Mercury sighting in Buchy
In the early hours of August 14, 1980, several witnesses in Buchy saw a flickering yellow light near the horizon moving very slowly before gradually f…
Paper hot-air balloon mistaken for a UFO in Honfleur
On August 19, 1980, a group of young people in Honfleur watched a pale, luminous object with a bright rounded top sway slowly at light-aircraft altitu…
Brilliant sphere over Salins-les-Thermes
Around 9:30 a.m. on August 23, 1980, a witness at her home in Salins-les-Thermes noticed a flash followed by an extremely bright sphere moving across …
Luminous ball with parachute in Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines
At 3:30 a.m. on August 24, 1980, a witness in Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines saw an extremely bright shape in the sky. Despite the glare, he made out a pale …
Bowl-shaped object over Saint-Martin-de-Crau
In August 1980, two witnesses in Saint-Martin-de-Crau saw a sky object they described as a polished-aluminum 'salad bowl.' Its upper half oscillated w…
Silent circular shape over Bagnères-de-Bigorre
In August 1980, several witnesses in Bagnères-de-Bigorre observed a circular shape moving silently across the sky, emitting visible radiation. The sig…
Dark sphere with illuminated windows over Ollioules
In August 1980, two witnesses on their terrace in Ollioules saw a black sphere moving rapidly from west to east. As it passed over their house, the ob…
Luminous crescent chased by car near Auvers
Around 10 PM on an August night in 1980, two witnesses in Auvers spotted a large crescent-shaped object projecting intense beams of light. They drove …
Giant rectangular object over a road near Ongles
In August 1980, a witness driving near Ongles observed a massive grey-gold rectangular object with dark lights and triangular shapes. His six-year-old…
Three luminous figures on a hillside in Saint-Paul, Réunion
On the night of August 17, 1980, two people driving near Saint-Paul on Réunion Island caught three motionless human-shaped figures in their headlights…
Stationary bright point seen on two nights in Épinay-sous-Sénart
On August 23 and 25, 1980, a witness in Épinay-sous-Sénart observed a very bright, stationary luminous point in the eastern sky from a fourth-floor wi…
Red-orange fireball with tail over Chanaz
On August 22, 1980, a witness in Chanaz, Savoie, described a round red-orange luminous object with a tail, moving rapidly and silently in a straight l…
Mushroom-shaped luminous object over Sainte-Soline
On the evening of August 16, 1980, a witness in Sainte-Soline spotted a mushroom cap-shaped object hovering over a field. The object, estimated at abo…
Luminous semicircle hovering near Saint-Romain-en-Gal
On the night of September 5, 1980, a girl in Saint-Romain-en-Gal got up to close a window blown open by the wind. About 100 meters from her house, at …
Red spheres seemingly following a car in Plestin-les-Grèves
One September night in 1980, eight people in Plestin-les-Grèves saw two very bright red spheres in the sky. What alarmed them most was that the object…
Yellow sphere watched for ninety minutes by gendarmes in Meylan
In the early hours of September 1, 1980, gendarmes on patrol in Meylan observed a yellow luminous sphere in the northeastern sky. The object moved slo…
Static black cylinder seen by an air traffic controller in Athis-Mons
At 12:45 PM on September 14, 1980, an on-duty air traffic controller in Athis-Mons spotted a black cylindrical object hovering about 300 meters above …
Colour-changing bright point over Martigues
Between 7:40 and 9:30 PM on September 15, 1980, several people in Martigues watched a luminous point in the sky from their homes. Larger than a typica…
Elongated object at low altitude lighting up a road sign in Courlay
In the early hours of September 10, 1980, a witness in Courlay saw a bright light illuminate a road sign about a hundred meters from their home. There…
Luminous craft taking off behind a church in Pont-Audemer
At 4:15 AM on September 23, 1980, two people returning from work in Pont-Audemer watched an object take off from behind the village church. As it clim…
Luminous spheres during a storm near Mont Ventoux
On the night of September 20-21, 1980, several military witnesses in the Vaucluse region repeatedly observed luminous spheres with shifting trajectori…
Violet disc with light beams over Beton-Bazoches
At 6:15 AM on September 5, 1980, a witness in Beton-Bazoches observed a circular object roughly one meter in diameter at about 200 meters altitude. Th…
Shape-shifting luminous object over Montauban
In October 1980, a motorist in Montauban observed a silent rocket-shaped luminous object in the sky. It traced an arc over the rooftops, paused briefl…
Contradictory accounts of lights and shapes in Monthermé
In October 1980, a teenage girl in Monthermé told the gendarmerie she had seen a luminous sphere near her home, describing it as a flying saucer or la…
Fast-moving coloured flashes over Reims
On October 22, 1980, at 6:15 PM, a witness in Reims observed from home a series of white and red luminous flashes moving rapidly across the sky for ab…
Bright flame and black smoke with no identified source in Bourges
On October 26, 1980, a witness in Bourges observed flashes in the sky from his property, reminiscent of an aircraft's rotating beacon, followed by a v…
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