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| Number | FR0006 |
|---|---|
| Date written | July 31, 2002 |
| Date received | July 31, 2002 |
| Date published | April 30, 2005 |
| Date of sighting | July 18, 2002 |
| Place of sighting | France, Asnière |
| Original language of report | French |
| Reported using | |
| Unreleased information | Name, firstname, postal address, email address |
| Investigation, additional information | None |
| Explanation | Not looked for |
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I am an amateur astronomer. On Thursday July18 2002, I receive an email from the newspaper "ciel et espace"telling me that 2 very strong solar flares had taken place.As a metter of fact spots appears on the sun and we have a 40% chance of observing aurorae boreales the evening. At 11 p.m., I go on my balcony in order to observe these splendid phenomena. In the west, the sky is still bright, the sun at this season not going down very low under the horizon. I look at "the herdsman" at the zenith and suddenly close to the Nekkar star, I see a fluo orange light. The latter splits in two. 2 orange fluo discs of the same diameter appear. The first moves away, stops, awaits the other which joined it quickly and so on during 1 mn approximately. It gave the impression they were playing. I could follow this phenomenon for only 1 mn approximately. Indeed, the discs moving towards the big dipper, the sky at this place being brighter, I quickly lost sight of them. At my regret. I very regularly scan the sky since years and I acknowledge that i never saw such a phenomenon. What is certain, s that they were not shooting stars, or meteors, satellites or any other object familiar to our eyes. All these things, I already observed them at least once for some. Maybe I did not see any aurora borealis this evening, but what I saw instead is quite as beautiful due to its mystery. I give you this report, which will not give you any additional data it is important to me to speak about it. I know that in general, astronomers do not mix astronomy and ufology. I believe that if the astronomers think that we are not alone in the universe, they must assume their thoughts and accept that someone else knows our existence. The 2 things are complementary. Personally, I am also very interested in "strange" phenomena having read books on this subject and having recorded television broadcasts. I remain at your disposal for further information. Mrs [name] [firstname] |
