| ID | #1596204256 |
| Added | Fri, 31/07/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Status | Research
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Initial data
Information taken from Lumièrese dans la Nuit (Contact Lecteurs), series 3, No. 5, January 1971.
The correspondent of Lumières Dans La Nuit recently learned about these events when she had the opportunity to spend some time at the Mediterranean French fishing port of Le Brusc in the var Department (South-East of France, between Marseille and nice). She was able to interview some of the men involved, gaining their trust, but only on the condition that their names were not disclosed.
The report of the informant, the fisherman, looks like this:
"Two years ago, in April 1968, three of us were quite far out at sea, in heavy weather, with clouds and strong winds. The night had not quite come when suddenly, in a cloud, there appeared an oval-shaped" thing " that just hung there in the sky. It was like a mirror, and it shone, and it didn't move. Then the cloud passed in front of him, hiding him for a few minutes, but when the cloud disappeared, the strange object was still there.
However, it seemed to have changed color slightly and was emitting pink flashes. Then, after fifteen minutes or so, it seemed to move very slowly from East to West, gradually descending as it did so.
And when the object fell, it seemed to change shape so that instead of being vertical, as it had been before, the oval was now horizontal, and from pinkish the color now became bluish.
It remained motionless above the sea for two or three minutes, and then disappeared before our eyes, as if swallowed up by the waves, and we saw it no more.
The observation lasted only 25 minutes. We didn't hear a sound, i.e. this thing was absolutely silent, despite the fact that it was not far from our boat.
It gave no traces, no flames, no sparks, and was completely devoid of all traces or attributes, etc.We have no idea what it could have been."
Original news
Artist’s rendition of the sighting. (credit: Waterufo.net / Flying Saucer Review)
Sindbad the Sailor, Report No. 1
The account is taken from Lumièrese dans la Nuit (Contact Lecteurs), Series 3, No. 5 of January 1971
A lady correspondent of Lumières Dans La Nuit recently found out about these happenings when she had the opportunity to spend some time at the Mediterranean French fishing-port of Le Brusc, in the Dept. of Var (south-eastern France, between Marseilles and Nice). She was able to interview some of the men involved, having won their confidence, but only on condition that their names be not revealed
The account of the informant, a fisherman, is as follows:
“Two years ago, in April 1968, three of us were fairly far out at sea, in heavy weather, with cloud and strong wind. Night had not yet quite fallen when suddenly, in a break in the clouds, a sort of “thing” appeared–ovalish in shape–which was just hanging there in the sky. It looked like a mirror and it was shining, and it did not move. Then a cloud passed in front of it, hiding it for a few minutes, but when the cloud had gone the queer thing was still there.
It seemed however to have changed colour a bit and to be giving off pinkish flashes. Then, after about fifteen minutes or so, it seemed to move very slowly from east to west, dropping gradually as it did so. And as the thing came down it seemed to change shape so that, instead of being vertical as it had been before, the oval was now horizontal (see Fig. 1) and from pinkish the colour had now turned to bluish.
“The thing remained stationary over the sea for two or three minutes and then vanished before our eyes as though swallowed up by the waves, and we did not see it again.
“The sighting had lasted a total of 25 minutes. We heard no sound; the thing was absolutely silent despite the fact that it was not far from our boat. It gave out no trail, no flame, no sparks, and was absolutely bare of all marks or trappings, etc. We have no idea what it could have been.”
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