AVON (77) 15.07.1983

During the nights of 14 and 15 July 1983, several witnesses saw an object high in the sky emitting a bright white light and moving slowly from west to east. Despite watching it for a long time, they could not describe its precise shape or size. GEIPAN found that the characteristics of the different sightings and an astronomical analysis of the sky on those evenings supported an astronomical explanation: the witnesses probably observed Venus, particularly visible in that part of the sky on those dates.