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Occurred : 4/5/1916 13:00 (Entered as : 04/05/1916 13:00)
Reported: 3/3/2004 4:34:21 PM 16:34
Posted: 3/9/2004
Location: France (above; from aircraft),
Shape: Cigar
Duration: about 1 min.
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object made a sound, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Saw 3 cigar shaped crafts.

I was a World War One balloon artilliry spotter, one day i saw three cigar shaped lights flying in tight formation,They made a sound like i had never heard before and havent heard sence. it is hard to rember much more, because it has been so long.

((NUFORC Note: We have written the source of this report, requesting an interview. However, the e-address he indicates is defective. The U. S. did not enter "The Great War" until April 1917, but the witness may have been fighting for another country in 1916. PD))

((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax. PD))