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UFO case file · UFO-40566

SAINT-MARTIN DES BESACES (14) 1998

CE1France1998-07-19

SAINT-MARTIN DES BESACES (14) 1998, Basse Normandie, France

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Case description

On 19 July 1998 around 23:00 in Saint-Martin-des-Besaces (14), several witnesses saw 3 successive red lights rise, then slowly fall. One reportedly caused a fire. The investigation quickly established that a private individual had launched expired distress flares.

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