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Flickering lights seen by a farmer in Vacqueriette-Erquières
In the early hours of August 11, 1981, a farmer in northern France observed flickering red and white lights in the sky. Initially stationary, they dri…
Photographic anomaly in the Morzine sky
On August 5, 1981, a photographer captured images of the starry sky from the Col de Joux in Morzine. The weather was clear and nothing caught his atte…
Fireball splitting in two over Roubaix in 1981
On the night of August 1, 1981, a driver in Roubaix spotted a red fireball to the west that split into two. The light gradually faded, shifting to ora…
Colored lights during a storm in La Chapelle-la-Reine in 1981
In the early hours of September 22, 1981, several witnesses — including gendarmes — observed colored lights at low altitude in La Chapelle-la-Reine. H…
Elliptical object with dome over Riedisheim in 1981
At 6:15 a.m. on September 22, 1981, a resident of Riedisheim watched from his window as a flying object moved from northeast to southwest. It was elli…
Recurring red luminous object over Bourg-Madame in 1981
In the fall of 1981, three witnesses near the French-Spanish border observed a red luminous object moving from north to south. The sightings recurred …
Fast silent luminous objects over Lourdes in 1981
In September 1981, several witnesses in Lourdes reported luminous objects moving at high speed and low altitude without any sound. The sightings laste…
Trapezoidal light in a pine forest near Pontvallain in 1981
Near Pontvallain in September 1981, four people observed an intensely bright trapezoidal light inside a pine forest. The phenomenon lasted about ten m…
Silent cylindrical object reclassified as aircraft in Ollioules in 1981
On October 14, 1981, two witnesses in Ollioules watched a cylindrical object cross the sky silently for about a minute. They could not see any wings, …
Elongated luminous shape near the rising sun in La Réunion in 1981
On October 22, 1981, a driver and passenger on La Réunion island noticed an elongated shape resembling a neon tube with a round figure beside or below…
Black staff-shaped object crossing a road in Drôme in 1981
Between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on October 5, 1981, two women driving along a national road in the Drôme region spotted a black, pointed staff-shaped obje…
Red lights on a road in Essonne at night in 1981
In the early hours of an October 1981 night, a couple in Essonne saw red lights that appeared to approach them. Startled by the flashes, they left the…
Large orange cylindrical object in the Var region in 1981
At dawn on October 9, 1981, a witness observed from his garden in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume a large cylindrical object roughly one hundred meters away.…
Luminous object found in a night photograph in Angoulême in 1981
One night in October 1981, a person photographed the city lights from a family apartment in Angoulême. Upon developing the slides, an unexpected brigh…
Formation of red dots over a dark object in Ouville-l'Abbaye in 1981
One night in October 1981, a witness in Ouville-l'Abbaye observed five or six red dots moving slowly in a straight line over what appeared to be a dar…
Supposed UFO in Marseille explained as advertising balloon in 1981
On November 1, 1981, several witnesses in Marseille observed a gray cylindrical object about four meters long gliding silently toward the sea. Investi…
Multicolored luminous sphere at high altitude in Ferrette in 1981
On November 4, 1981, around 10:00 a.m., workers in the Haut-Rhin department spotted a spherical object at high altitude. Under clear skies and good vi…
Nighttime luminous phenomenon attributed to farm machinery in Feignies in 1981
In November 1981, a resident of Feignies observed an intense light behind his house that remained visible for about an hour. When the light went out, …
Reddish ball near an airport in Guipavas in 1981
On November 22, 1981, several witnesses in Finistère — including two gendarmes — saw a reddish ball appear suddenly over a field near an airport. It w…
Bright light identified as Sirius by gendarmes in Lhuis in 1981
On the night of November 22, 1981, two gendarmes on duty noticed an extraordinarily bright light in the sky. It appeared stationary and flickering. Th…
Luminous rectangle in a forest near Bourgoin-Jallieu in 1981
On November 21, 1981, around 8:00 p.m., two people observed an unusual luminous phenomenon in a forest near their home in Bourgoin-Jallieu. The object…
Luminous ball with multicolored trail over Bourg-Saint-Maurice in 1981
In November 1981, several witnesses in the Savoie area observed a luminous ball followed by a multicolored trail moving at high speed from south to no…
Fluorescent hemispheric object hovering low in Saint-Fiacre in 1981
On November 1, 1981, the occupants of a vehicle in Saint-Fiacre spotted an object just 100 meters away, hovering motionless about 30 meters above a fi…
Formation of bright circular objects over Draveil in 1981
Around 8:35 p.m. on December 6, 1981, several witnesses in Draveil observed a formation of bright circular objects moving at irregular speed within a …
Orange light with abrupt direction changes attributed to Sirius in Caudan in 1981
In December 1981, a family in Caudan watched for ten minutes a round orange luminous object moving at high speed with straight trajectories and abrupt…
Circular luminous phenomenon over Avignon on Christmas Eve 1981
On December 23 and 24, 1981, several people in Avignon observed a circular luminous phenomenon in the cloudy sky that shifted color between white and …
Bluish ring sighting at Latour de France in 1981
Shortly after sunset on 16 December 1981, several witnesses in the Pyrénées-Orientales spotted a bright point of light surrounded by a bluish ring. At…
Dozens of white objects over Nice in December 1981
Several witnesses in Nice observed between fifty and one hundred bright white objects moving at high altitude toward the southwest in December 1981, m…
Red, white and blue lights over Hayange in 1982
In January 1982 several witnesses in Hayange, Moselle, observed an object emitting red, white and blue lights as it moved slowly before vanishing over…
Luminous ball with green halo in Martigues in 1982
Two witnesses in Martigues in January 1982 observed, from their bed and through half-open windows, a bright white light surrounded by a green halo. Th…
Orange ball in Gernelle attributed to the Moon
Two witnesses in Gernelle in January 1982 saw an orange luminous ball that appeared to rise from the ground. They described an intense light illuminat…
Light projected over the A10 motorway near Trancrainville
Two gendarmes on patrol along the A10 motorway in January 1982 observed a strange light in the sky that illuminated the ground in a focused beam. Conv…
Silent light apparently following a vehicle at Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts
In January 1982 a driver in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts reported a silent luminous phenomenon that seemed to follow her car and remain stationary wheneve…
Luminous half-sphere at Hombourg-Haut explained as the Moon
On 27 January 1982 a family in Hombourg-Haut noticed a silent, slowly moving luminous half-sphere in a cloudy sky. Two witnesses returned to the spot …
Dark hexagon with flashing lights over Amiens
At around seven in the morning on 15 February 1982, several witnesses in Amiens observed a dark hexagonal mass whose edges emitted intermittent white …
Bright point and motionless cylinder at La Crau
A data-poor case. On 19 February 1982 two witnesses watched for about four minutes a very bright, motionless point of light, larger than Venus, alongs…
Bright red point over Guenange in 1982
At 6:15 a.m. on a February day in 1982, two witnesses in Guenange spotted a bright red point moving slowly southward. Another witness had reported som…
Three luminous balls near ground level at Salins
A witness in Salins in February 1982 first saw a large luminous ball with orange flames. Twenty minutes later three balls appeared about one metre abo…
Elongated luminous objects over Saint-Herblain
Between 23:20 and 23:30 on 1 February 1982, several amateur astronomers in Saint-Herblain observed about a dozen slightly elongated luminous objects m…
Reddish ovoid shape over Beaugency at dawn
Between 6:40 and 7:27 a.m. on 9 February 1982, several witnesses in Beaugency observed an ovoid luminous phenomenon emitting a reddish-orange light th…
Irregular ball with bright dots at Villard-de-Lans
A data-poor case. On 12 March 1982 a witness in Villard-de-Lans saw an intense light in the sky. Through binoculars they described an irregular ball f…
Silvery ball with orange trail over Ville-en-Tardenois
At about 20:30 on 12 March 1982 a witness saw a very bright silvery ball roughly 80 cm in apparent diameter followed by a light-orange trail. The obje…
Cigar-shaped objects in the Hautes-Alpes
On the evening of 30 March 1982, between 21:00 and 22:15, several drivers in the Hautes-Alpes spotted grouped cigar-shaped objects moving horizontally…
White round object over Thumeries
In April 1982 four people in Thumeries observed a white, bright, round object. One witness described it as a shiny ball that left a red line as it mov…
Slow orange oval over Beauvois-en-Cambrésis
On 12 April 1982 several witnesses in Beauvois-en-Cambrésis watched for about ten minutes an oval, orange object moving at high altitude and very low …
Lunar observation mistaken for a UFO on Groix island
On the night of 13–14 April 1982 three people on the island of Groix perceived a luminous object in the sky that seemed to follow them as they drove a…
Luminous triangle with zigzag movements over the Atlantic Pyrenees
At around 23:00 on 21 April 1982 several observers in the Atlantic Pyrenees noticed a bright object at high altitude. Through binoculars they describe…
V-formation of white balls over La Ciotat
In April 1982 a motorist in La Ciotat watched at least six white luminous balls arranged in a V formation for about fifteen seconds before they vanish…
Green and white flash at Saint-Alexandre attributed to a meteorite
In April 1982 a witness in Saint-Alexandre saw a flash that lit up the valley, followed by a round, silent object glowing green on the outside and whi…
Slow luminous phenomenon over La Réunion
On 3 April 1982 several people on La Réunion island observed a luminous phenomenon moving very slowly from north to south. Its unusual colour and traj…
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