Case file · Sighting

The Greifswald lights

On 24 August 1990, holidaymakers on the Baltic coast near Greifswald filmed a formation of seven bright lights hanging in the evening sky, then a second group.

1990 CE · 54.14, 13.66 · status: explained

The account

The videos were broadcast widely and became Germany's most famous UFO film, appearing in TV documentaries in the 1990s.

The sceptical view

Researchers linked the lights to flares dropped during a military exercise over the Baltic; the slow drift and fading match parachute flares.

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross archive: UFO videos worldwide (Greifswald, 24 Aug 1990)
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