The article below was published in the daily newspaper France Soir, Paris, France, on November 6, 1990.
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From Bischwiller (Bas-Rhin) to Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), via Parisian airports of Orly and Charles de Gaulle, unexplained luminous phenomena were observed Monday around 7 p.m. in the sky of France by many people, bystanders or aviation professionals who reported their testimony. "The orange, yellow and green lights, arranged in triangle", "a kind of high light metal structure," "lights with beams in the back", "a diamond flying saucer", "a flashing triangular UFO", these are some of the descriptions of the phenomenon; which lasted about 5 minutes in a very clear sky, reported by these witnesses.
The Paris airports control service at Orly and Roissy also reported seeing "a bright phenomenon" but however their radars recorded nothing.
"HETEROGENOUS". The Directorate General for Civil Aviation, confirmed the existence of numerous reports and observations from the aviation community but stressed "they were very heterogeneous" and said that "nothing had been recorded on civilian radar sets."
The information service and public relations of the Armies (SIRPA) indicated on their side shortly before 10:30 p.m. that military pilots "had actually seen something without being able to define it" and that four police reports, emanating from Angers (Maine-et-Loire), from Tulle (Corrèze) and Aude had already reached them about these unexplained lights.
In London, a strange luminous phenomenon was also been observed in the evening of Monday, according to testimonies from the aviation community.
