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World War II bomb uncovered in Eure
In July 1990 a 14-metre crater appeared unexpectedly in a field in Caorches-Saint-Nicolas, Eure. Excavation revealed a ring of displaced earth, a cent…
Gendarmes observe silent objects in Pas-de-Calais
In the early hours of 17–18 July 1990 a gendarme patrol and other witnesses in the Pas-de-Calais department saw ten to thirteen silent objects with fl…
Opaque triangle recalled eighteen years later in Vendée
Around 1990 a ten-year-old boy camping in the Vendée region saw three white lights outlining a large opaque triangular shape. The object moved very sl…
Sighting and false memory in Villers-Saint-Genest
One night in July 1990 a teenage girl and her brother were stargazing in Villers-Saint-Genest when a luminous dot approached and revealed a huge black…
Fireworks mistaken for hovering lights in Lassay-les-Châteaux
On 19 August 1990 a farmer in Lassay-les-Châteaux saw a red and then a green shape suspended in the air. Alarmed, he went back inside. A firework rock…
Fast flickering light over Arzenc-de-Randon
A witness in Arzenc-de-Randon reported a very bright light flashing at regular three-second intervals while moving at high speed. The phenomenon laste…
Ovoid shapes watched for hours in Longuenesse
On the evening of 8 September 1990 several witnesses and a police patrol in Longuenesse observed ovoid shapes with red and green lights for hours. The…
Probable searchlight reflection on clouds in Moosch
In September 1990 a couple and their children saw a white ovoid shape above the forest of Moosch under overcast skies. The object made spinning and ba…
Ground spotlights reflected on clouds over Privas
Around 10.15 p.m. on a September 1990 evening, five witnesses in Privas saw three whitish-yellow luminous balls with blurred edges, as though viewed t…
Blinding luminous ball above a tree in Thiant
On 26 September 1990 a woman in Thiant noticed a luminous ball through her window while watching television. Alarmed, she called two neighbours who al…
Silent triangular object over Noyal-sur-Vilaine
In October 1990 a driver returning home in Noyal-sur-Vilaine saw an aeroplane-sized triangular object change direction and move without making any sou…
Atmospheric re-entry of 5 November 1990
On 5 November 1990 at 8 p.m. the CNES was flooded with calls from gendarmeries across France reporting a luminous phenomenon that crossed much of the …
Orange fireball over south-west France
On 6 November 1990, around 10 p.m., multiple witnesses across several departments in south-west France saw an orange fireball disintegrate silently. A…
EDF laser lights mistaken for UFOs near Nantes
In November 1990 several witnesses in the Nantes region saw about ten luminous spheres moving at high speed. The bright shapes seemed to defy conventi…
Ball of light falling into the sea at Tahaa
In February 1991 two independent witnesses on Tahaa, French Polynesia, saw an intense ball of light fall into the sea accompanied by a loud explosion-…
Unexplained luminous dot in Meslin
A witness in Côtes-d'Armor saw a luminous dot larger than a star. A laser from a nearby nightclub was considered but the venue was closed that day. No…
Florange 1991, luminous triangle with humming sound
In March 1991, a driver in the Moselle region of France noticed three lights arranged in a triangle in the sky. The sighting was accompanied by a stea…
Viviéz 1991, recurring luminous point at nightfall
Over several consecutive days in 1991, a resident of Viviéz in the Aveyron department observed a luminous point from their home at around 9:00 PM. The…
Sarraméa 1991, luminous objects identified as meteorite
On April 19, 1991, three witnesses in New Caledonia saw two luminous objects cross the sky from east to west. Their descriptions agreed on circular sh…
Maule 1991, bright white silent shape
A data-poor case. In July 1991, a witness in Yvelines observed a very bright, completely silent white phenomenon for about 15 seconds, reminiscent of …
Lisieux 1991, low-altitude red sphere seen by gendarmes
At 2:20 AM on August 5, 1991, two gendarmes on patrol near Lisieux spotted a red sphere roughly 80 centimeters in diameter. The object moved at high s…
Saint-Lary 1991, nighttime light identified as Capella
On the night of August 6, 1991, a couple and a gendarme observed a bright yellowish light from Saint-Lary that remained visible for over an hour start…
Gilette 1991, color-shifting ovoid object seen by children
In August 1991, five children aged 7 to 10 observed an object in the night sky over Gilette in the Alpes-Maritimes. They described it as a blue ovoid …
Vielle-Soubiran 1991, blue sphere with sparking trail
On August 20, 1991, at 5:30 AM, two gendarmes on patrol spotted a very bright bluish sphere traveling at high speed and leaving a trail of sparks. The…
Saint-Martin-de-Crau 1991, light show attributed to laser projector
Around 10:30 PM on an August night in 1991, a witness watched a series of white dots moving chaotically across the sky over Saint-Martin-de-Crau. Sudd…
Villy 1991, slow silent luminous triangle
On September 5, 1991, a witness in the French Ardennes observed on two occasions, fifteen minutes apart, three luminous points forming a rearward-poin…
Clermont-Ferrand 1991, bright point identified as Venus
Between 5:25 and 5:40 AM on September 19, 1991, three independent witnesses in Clermont-Ferrand contacted authorities to report an intensely bright po…
Cergy 1991, circular object with flashing lights
At dusk in September 1991, a witness in Cergy spotted a circular object estimated at 20 to 40 meters in diameter at an altitude of 100 to 200 meters. …
Southwest France 1991, luminous fireball with trail and explosion
Around 9:30 PM on October 10, 1991, hundreds of witnesses across the Occitanie region observed a very bright white light moving rapidly from north to …
Lantefontaine 1991, Venus recording mistaken for UFO
In October 1991, two witnesses in Lantefontaine recorded with a camcorder a very bright point that appeared and disappeared in the sky. When zooming i…
Atlantic coast 1991, high-speed green fireball
On November 28, 1991, around 10:30 PM, at least 25 witnesses scattered along the Atlantic coast and southwestern France saw for a few seconds a very b…
Hautes-Pyrénées and Gironde 1991, probable atmospheric entry
A case with limited information. In December 1991, witnesses in the Hautes-Pyrénées and Gironde regions reported a luminous phenomenon whose descripti…
Venterol 1992, motionless oval shape in the sky
On February 6, 1992, a driver in Venterol, Drôme, observed for about 15 seconds a brown-and-orange oval shape, roughly helicopter-sized, completely mo…
Arudy 1992, luminous mass with shifting colors
At 1:30 AM on a March night in 1992, a host and their guests in Arudy observed a luminous mass moving slowly with shifting colors. Other motorists rep…
Montivilliers 1992, rotating luminous triangle
Around 7:30 AM on April 25, 1992, a witness in Montivilliers watched for roughly twenty minutes three luminous points forming a triangle in the sky. A…
Guérard 1992, luminous object reclassified as aircraft
In May 1992, two witnesses in Seine-et-Marne spotted a yellow luminous object in the sky. First seen as a bright point from a first-floor window, the …
Gordes 1992, brief flash on a stormy night
A sparse case. On May 23, 1992, around midnight, two witnesses in separate vehicles observed a very vivid light in the Vaucluse region. The phenomenon…
Les Herbiers 1992, fleeting metallic triangular object
A brief case. Around 11 PM in May 1992, a witness and their mother spotted a metallic-looking triangular object with yellow lights at its corners in t…
Criquetot-l'Esneval 1992, red object with ground marks
On July 3, 1992, two 16-year-old teenagers spotted a red rugby-ball-shaped object surrounded by flames. It hovered motionless for a few seconds before…
Saint-Paul-lès-Monestier 1992, two sightings by the same witness
A resident of Saint-Paul-lès-Monestier was involved in two separate sightings in 1992. The first took place on July 14 around 2 AM, when they noticed …
Silent triangles over Cap-Ferret in 1992
In July 1992, two people at Cap-Ferret (Gironde) watched two superimposed triangular objects glide slowly and silently at low altitude. The objects di…
Oval light following two youths in Montredon-Labessonnié
On the night of 24–25 August 1992, two young men on a moped noticed a whitish, oval light hovering above the trees. The light appeared to follow them …
Close encounter with a lenticular object in Argentan
At midnight on 3 August 1992, a motorist driving through Argentan (Orne) noticed a white, lens-shaped halo above an embankment next to a field. As the…
Marignane airship mistaken for a UFO in Marseille
On the evening of 11 October 1992, two independent witnesses in Septèmes-les-Vallons (Marseille) observed a whitish, oval shape moving slowly across t…
Rotating lights over Félines likely explained as helicopters
At around 22:00 on 18 October 1992, a couple driving through Félines (Ardèche) spotted two stationary, flickering lights in the sky. The lights were o…
Brief fireball over Cierp-Gaud in 1992
On 21 October 1992, a couple driving near Cierp-Gaud (Haute-Garonne) witnessed a very fast luminous phenomenon lasting only two to three seconds. They…
Flashing red mass on the Sapois–Vagney road
At about 17:00 on 12 November 1992, a motorist on the D23 between Sapois and Vagney (Vosges) was startled by a large, flashing red mass that approache…
Luminous sphere and flashes over Saint-Denis, Réunion
On 16 November 1992, a resident of Saint-Denis (Réunion) was woken by a loud noise resembling a jet engine, accompanied by two flashes that lit up his…
Fast green light near Le Lamentin airport
On 21 November 1992, at about 18:30, a motorist in Le Lamentin (Martinique) spotted a green light moving at high speed. Despite the proximity of the a…
Luminous rectangles sighted by a gendarme near Château-d'Oléron
On 9 December 1992, a gendarmerie officer and his wife were driving near Château-d'Oléron (Charente-Maritime) when they saw five to six illuminated re…
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