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The entrance gate at ESA’s ESRIN Earth observation centre near Rome, Italy, with recently installed mosaic art. French artist Invader is installing his art at ESA establishments around Europe and even on the International Space Station.
ESA has been monitoring Earth with its environmental satellites since the 1970s, keeping a constant watch over our planet by analysing satellite data to protect our environment.
The first space invader mosaic art was found by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during her mission on the International Space Station. She installed ‘Space2’ in Europe’s Columbus space laboratory. Since then, space-themed art has appeared at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, at our Redu Centre in Belgium, our space operations centre in Germany and ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands, and it even took over our headquarters in Paris, France.
Download a free app by the artist to spot and collect Invader art at ESA establishments and all over the world. Gain points by taking pictures of the mosaics and compare your scores.
Credit: Invader
#spaceinvader #space2iss
PA_159 [20 points]
A re-activated 'oldie', never seen the original of this blue and orange runner before. Mirroreyes, but it seems these have been pulled out.
FlashInvaders onscreen message:
All my photos of PA_159:
PA_159 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_159 (Wide shot, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 31/09/1999 (original)
DELETED unknown (1999 - 2003)
RE-ACTIVATED May 2018
Photo 'Explored' on 20/09/2018 at rank#331, but got down on the same day as well.
PA_1368 [40 points]
It took me more than 3 years to visit this white space invader in Montreuil. Nowadays surrounded by a mural made by street artist Popov who integrated the space invader into his own work. It was the 3628th space invader worldwide.
Before 2020 this wall had a mural made by artist Romy's: PA_1368 (Tofz4u, September 2018)
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: ROMY'S
All my photos of PA_1368:
PA_1368 (Close-up, March 2022)
Date of invasion: 27/09/2018
PA_161 [20 points]
The 161th space invader in Paris and the 164th space in the world. One month before Invader installed this orange invader with mirror eyes he installed it's first two international space invaders in Antwerpen and number one in Lille (autoroute A1) before returning to Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: AS GOOD AS DAVID VINCENT!
All my photos of PA_161:
PA_161 (Wider shot 1, March 2006)
PA_161 (Wide shot 1, March 2006)
PA_161 (Close-up, «re-activated» January 2023)
PA_161 (Wide shot 2, «re-activated» January 2023)
Date of invasion: 06/02/1999
DAMAGED / DELTETED <2008
RE-ACTIVATED around 2016
PA_1509 [30 points]
A sunny revisit of PA_1509 almost one year after invasion. I don't replace this one but add this one to the photos I already put here on FlickR.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
All my photos of PA_1509:
PA_1509 (Close-up 1, July 2024)
PA_1509 (Wide shot 1, July 2024)
PA_1509 (Wide shot 2, July 2024)
PA_1509 (Close-up 2, August 2025)
PA_1509 (Wide shot 3, August 2025)
Date of invasion: 12/07/2024 (world wide # 4190)
[ Visited, flashed and captured this one 3 days after invasion ]
PA_1459 [30 points]
It appears that Invader has taken a sabbatical in 2021. Only 40 new space invaders in the world of which 25 in Ljubljana (wave 2) and only 15 in his hometown Paris. A we speak (02/01/2022) Invader just installed the 4000th invader in the 40th invaded city at an altitude of 4000 meters to start 2022.
This space invader in the 9ème arrondissement of Paris is one of the 15 new space invaders of the year 2021.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: AWESOME!
All my photos of PA_1459:
PA_1459 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1459 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1459 (Wide shot 2, November 2021)
Date of invasion: 24/02/2021 (estimated, first photo on Flickr this day by Tofz4u)
[ Visited PA_1459 almost 7 months after invasion ]
PA_257 [10 points]
This number 257 is a brother or sister of PA_263 installed 5 days after this one. Same colors, same size, same arrondissement. Both were new for me (re-activated 'oldies') and I captured and flashed them the same day.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "^-^GG^-^" (no idea what this means)
All my photos of PA_257:
PA_257 (Close-up, September 2018)
PA_257 (Wide shot, September 2018)
Date of invasion: 31/01/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED September 2018
Photo 'Explored' on 24/12/2018 rank # 223.
PA_1205 [100 points]
I guess this is one of the biggest space invaders in Paris. Very well visible from the métro line 6 between the stations Chevaleret and Quai de la Gare along the Boulevard Vincent Auriol. Almost 3 three stories high on one of the buildings of Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière. This character is nobody else than House (when flashing this one with the app FlashInvaders it says "HOUSE IS IN DA HOUSE".
House (also called House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012. The series' main character is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a pain medication-dependent, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. The series' premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. The series' executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio's business partner Katie Jacobs, and film director Bryan Singer. It was filmed largely in Century City. [ Wikipedia ]
PA_1205 was the 3329th space invader in the world.
Other views:
PA_1205 (Zoom in, July 2016)
PA_1205 (Stethoscope Detail, July 2016)
Date of invasion: 23/06/2016 (Source: Website Invader, First seen on Flickr was on 23/06/2016 by Olivier)
[ Visited House 24 days after invasion ]
PA_258 [20 points]
A revisit of all flashable space invaders including an update about the state these space invaders are in. This one has seen better days but it is already more than 15 years active. Long for a low installed invader like this. All tiles are still the original tiles.
This school boy seemed to chose this location to prepare last-minute a test or examen. Protected by PA_258.
Other views:
PA_258 (Zoom in, April 2006)
PA_258 (Street view, April 2006)
PA_258 (January 2013 - together with pixel art work of RV2011)
PA_258 (January 2013 - 'candid street shot')
Date of invasion: 31/01/2000
PA_1176 [30 points]
Another low installed space flower in the 9ème arrondissement of Paris mad out of micro tiles. Space invader hunter Jotaone was catched in the act of taking photos of this one. As we speak (10/11/2015) he is ranked number 13 in the online game FlashInvaders with 811 found and flashed space invaders with a total of 23,430 points. Nice to meet him on this scene.
Other view:
PA_1176 (Zoom in, September 2015)
Date of invasion: 08/09/2015 (Source: Instagram / Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 08/09/2015 by Olivier)
[ Visited this space flower for the first time 2 days after invasion ]
AMI_14 [30 points]
The eighth space invader we found in Amiens. We are halfway there. Located on the corner of the Rue de la République, Place Gambetta and Rue des 3 Cailloux.
And like always in a new invaded city we were not the only space invader fans.
Onscreen FlashInvader message: MADE IN 2025
All my photos of AMI_14:
AMI_14 (Close-up, June 2025)
AMI_14 (Wide shot, June 2025)
Date of invasion: 12/06/2025
[ Encountered AMI_14 and all other invaders in Amiens more than 2 weeks after invasion ]
INVASION OF AMIENS
WAVE: 1
INVADERS: 16
WORLD WIDE: 4304 THRU 4320
TOTAL SCORE: 540 POINTS)
PA_1172 [50 points]
Bugs Bunny in the 4ème arrondissement of Paris.
Other view:
PA_1172 (Streetscene, September 2015)
Date of invasion: 15/08/2015 (Source: Instagram, FlashInvaders, first seen on Flickr on the same day of invasion by Tofz4u)
[ Visited Bugs Bunny for the first time 26 days after invasion ]
AMI_07 [30 points]
The famous citadelle of Amiens had been invaded as well by a bat with mirror eyes.
Onscreen Flashinvader message: BATINVADER
All my photos of AMI_07:
AMI_07 (Close-up, June 2025)
AMI_07 (Wide shot, June 2025)
AMI_07 (Selfportrait "[2025] 26/52 Amiens Invaded", June 2025)
Date of invasion: 12/06/2025
[ Encountered AMI_07 and all other invaders in Amiens more than 2 weeks after invasion ]
INVASION OF AMIENS
WAVE: 1
INVADERS: 16
WORLD WIDE: 4312 THRU 4328
TOTAL SCORE: 540 POINTS)
PA_175 [20 points]
A forgotten re-activated space invader in the 12ème arrondissement of Paris. Outlined made of a mix of tiles (meaning; 1 bigger than the others). Glad I found and flashed this one hidden in a narrow partly covered alley. I was lucky the lady with the cane just came out of the door next to the watchmaker's with their motto If you got a watch, we have the time.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CONGRATS
All my photos of PA_175:
PA_175 (Close-up, December 2021)
PA_175 (Wide shot, December 2021)
Date of invasion: 23/04/1999
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED October 2015
RBA_04 [40 points]
A yellow orange flying carpet and a pink moving vehicle on the narrow invaded avenue not far from the border of the river Bouregreg.
Onscreen Flashinvaders message: NICE SPACE CARPE
All my photos of RBA_04:
RBA_04 (Close-up, September 2024)
RBA_04 (Wide shot, September 2024)
Date of invasion: 15/03/2017 (world wide number 3422)
PA_890 [30 points]
Another good example of a re-activated space invader of which I have never seen the original and of which I forgot to visit, capture and flash the re-activated version. Flashed this one almost 4 years after re-activation. Shame on me!
Featuring here an electric scooter-car of Citroën, the Citroën Ami.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CONGRATULATIONS!
All my photos of PA_890:
PA_890 (Close-up, July 2022)
PA_890 (Wide shot 1, July 2022)
PA_890 (Wide shot 2, July 2022)
Date of invasion: 06/02/2011
DELETED unknown
RE-ACTIVATED August 2018
PA_1310 [40 points]
A space invader surrounded by three stars in the 8ème arrondissement of Paris. Here in early November sunlight. This one was number 3569 in the world.
FlashInvader onscreen message: "YES!"
All my photos of PA_1310:
PA_1310 (Close-up, November 2017)
PA_1310 (Wide shot, November 2017)
Date of invasion: 18/10/2017 (Source: Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 18/10/2017 by Tofz4u)
[ Visited PA_1310 for the first time 20 days after invasion ]
Paris #pa_1527 #invaderwashere #parisstreetart #streetart #spaceinvaders #invaderphotography #patmhunterinvaders #flashinvaders #paris15eme #patm666photos
AIX_06 [20 points]
Stewart and Sam busy taking photos and 'flashing' this one and only space invader in the center of Aix on the corner of the Rue de la Couronne and Rue Brueys.
Invader decided to invade Aix-en-Provence as the third city in the world after Paris and London. In June 1999 10 space invaders were installed spread out over the old center. The one and only wave with a total score of 160 points.
Two years ago only AIX_07 was left of this invasion wave and was deleted in 2014. But this one came back to life during a re-activation and is protected by perspex. So there is still one space invader left as we speak, perhaps more re-activations will be organized in Aix.
Other view:
AIX_06 (Zoom in version, June 2015)
Date of invasion: June 1999
PA_1514 [30 points]
A revisit of this black and white invader along the Seine as part of a series of 5, each featuring the colours of the Olympic Games. Together with PA_1513 (blue ring), PA_1515 (red ring), PA_1516 (yellow ring) and PA_1517 (green ring). All located near or along the Seine.
A revisit about a year after invasion without the shade of an electricity cable. And in combination with a happy 'candid' along the Seine.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BLACK RING
All my photos of PA_1514:
PA_1514 (Close-up 1, August 2024)
PA_1514 (Wide shot 1, August 2024)
PA_1514 (Wide shot 2, August 2024)
PA_1514 (Close-up 2, August 2025)
PA_1514 (Wide shot 3, August 2025)
Date of invasion: 21/08/2024 (world wide number 4195)
[ I visited PA_1514 within about 4 days ]
Cannes #caz_05 #invaderwashere #tiles #mosaicart #mosaique #cotedazur #reactivationteam #mai2024 #flashinvaders #spaceinvaders #mosaicart #lesmurspeints #paintingart #cannes #lalecondepiano #invaderphotography #patmhunterinvader #patm666photos
PA_1205 [100 points]
I guess this is one of the biggest space invaders in Paris. Very well visible from the métro line 6 between the stations Chevaleret and Quai de la Gare along the Boulevard Vincent Auriol. Almost 3 three stories high on one of the buildings of Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière. This character is nobody else than House (when flashing this one with the app FlashInvaders it says "HOUSE IS IN DA HOUSE".
House (also called House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012. The series' main character is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a pain medication-dependent, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. The series' premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. The series' executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio's business partner Katie Jacobs, and film director Bryan Singer. It was filmed largely in Century City. [ Wikipedia ]
PA_1205 was the 3329th space invader in the world.
Other views:
PA_1205 (Street view, July 2016)
PA_1205 (Stethoscope Detail, July 2016)
Date of invasion: 23/06/2016 (Source: Website Invader, First seen on Flickr was on 23/06/2016 by Olivier)
[ Visited House 24 days after invasion ]
PA_979 [20 points]
When the original of this space invader was installed Voie Georges Pompidou was still a voie express along the Seine. Since 2019 this former road is for non motorized traffic and pedestrians only.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD AS DAVID VINCENT
All my photos of PA_979:
PA_979 (Close-up, August 2011)
PA_979 (Wide shot 1, August 2012)
PA_979 (Wide shot 2, «re-activated», April 2022)
Date of invasion: 08/05/2011 (First seen on Flickr on 15/05/2011 by Tofz4u, within a week after invasion)
DELETED August 2012
RE-ACTIVATED August 2018
MARS_63 [50 points]
Sun and blue skies is most of the time the daily motto of the city of Marseille.
Till August 2020 I found and flashed all 13 space invaders of wave 1 (MARS_01 - MARS_11 - 2004 and wave 2 (MARS_12 and MARS_13). But during wave 3 in August 2020 the number of space invaders went up to 97. In total 84 space invaders on my list again.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YOU'RE THE MAN!
All my photos of MARS_63:
MARS_63 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_63 (Wide shot, July 2021)
MARS_63 ("52-Weeks", 29/52 Endoume)
Date of invasion: 12/08/2020
PA_1147 [100 points]
The status of this drunken smurf along Canal Saint-Martin in January 2023. Slightly damaged but still in reasonable condition.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "THE DRUNK SMURF!"
All my photos of PA_1147:
PA_1147 (Wide shot 1 of damaged original, July 2017)
PA_1147 (Close-up, re-activated, December 2018)
PA_1147 (Wide shot 2, re-activated, December 2018)
PA_1147 (Wide shot 3, January 2023)
Date of invasion: 25/06/2015 (Source: Instagram, first on Flickr was Tofz4u on the same day of invasion).
DELETED / DAMAGED within 5 days after invasion
RE-ACTIVATION / RESTAURATION December 2018
[ Visited the remains of PA_1147 15 days after invasion and 10 days after de-activation ]
PA_1453 [30 points]
The first space invader Invader put up in the strange covid-19 year 2021. During a period of a lockdown, full hospitals and the couvre-feu (curfew) this was the first sign of action of Invader. It was the 3961th space invader in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: WELCOME IN 2021!!!
All my photos of PA_1453:
PA_1453 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1453 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1453 (Wide shot 2, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 28/01/2021
[ Found, captured and flashed this space invader exactly 9 months after invasion ]
PA_1146 [50 points]
I forgot to capture this space flower after renovation in 2018.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: THE SPACE FLOWER!!!
All my photos of PA_1146:
PA_1146 (Close-up 1, July 2015)
PA_1146 (Wide shot 2, July 2015)
PA_1146 (Close-up 2, August 2025)
PA_1146 (Wide shot 2, August 2025)
Date of invasion: 23/06/2015 (Source: Instagram, first seen on Flickr on Tofz4u on the same day of invasion)
PA_1146 is number 3137 in the world.
[ Visited the remains of PA_1146 15 days after invasion ]
PA_1175 [30 points]
"It's gonna rain" is the text on the application FlashInvaders. This space invader made of small micro tiles is located in the 9ème arrondissement and part of a twin. PA_1176 is part of this one and located just at the other side of the street. Installed in the same night together with PA_1177 in the 2ème arrondissement.
Other view:
Date of invasion: 08/09/2015 (Source: Instagram / Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 08/09/2015 by Olivier)
[ Visited this space flower for the first time 2 days after invasion ]
Rue Jeanne d'Arc 21/08/2022 20h28
Rue Jeanne d'Arc as seen from the boulevard Saint-Marcel.
Perhaps you spot PA_076 on this photo.
Rue Jeanne d'Arc
Rue Jeanne d'Arc is a street in the 13ème arrondissement of Paris in the quartiers Gare and Salpêtrière. This street starts at Rue de Domrémy and ends at Boulevard Saint-Marcel. It has a length of 1410 meters and a width of 20 meters.
It carries the name of "The Maid of Orléans" (1412 - 1431), a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.
[ Source and more Information: Wikipedia - Rue Jeanne d'Arc ]
PA_076 [10 points]
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BRAVO!
All my photos of PA_076:
PA_076 (Close-up, February 2020)
PA_076 (Wide shot 1, February 2020)
PA_076 (Wide shot 2, August 2022)
Date of invasion: 05/08/1998
DELETED 2005 - 2008
RE-ACTIVATED August 2013
Faro portugal fao_04 invaderwashere flashinvaders spaceinvaders patmhunterinvader streetart streetartfaro patm666photos
PA_19 [10 points]
I think this is the second re-activation in the history of this 19th space invader in Paris and in the world. Better quality than the previous attempt to re-activate this blue on red invader of the very first generation.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "MISSION SUCCESSFUL"
All my photos of PA_19:
PA_19 (Close-up, December 2019)
PA_19 (Wide shot, December 2019)
PA_19 (Close-up «re-activation # 2», January 2023)
PA_19 (Wide shot «re-activation # 2», January 2023)
Date of invasion (original) : 25/04/1998
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED December 2018
DELETED Somewhere 2021
RE-ACTIVATED End 2022 / Early 2023
PA_1368 [40 points]
It took me more than 3 years to visit this white space invader in Montreuil. Nowadays surrounded by a mural made by street artist Popov who integrated the space invader into his own work. It was the 3628th space invader worldwide.
Before 2020 this wall had a mural made by artist Romy's: PA_1368 (Tofz4u, September 2018)
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: ROMY'S
All my photos of PA_1368:
PA_1368 (Close-up, March 2022)
Date of invasion: 27/09/2018
PA_1452 [20 points]
The most beautiful summary in mosaic tiles of the year 2020. The year 2020 was a bad year for Invader. In Paris he has placed only 18 new space invaders. In total he placed 102 space invaders, most of which of course in Marseille. The third wave in this city includes 84 space invaders. Due to the lockdown, there have been no other waves.
In 2020 the number of FlashInvaders users grew by 35,692 to 153,672 and a total of nearly 2.5 million space invaders were flashed!
This one is located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and was number 3960 in the world.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: MEMORY FROM 2020
All my photos of PA_1452:
PA_1452 (Close-up, January 2021)
PA_1452 (Wide shot 1, January 2021)
PA_1452 (Wide shot 2, January 2021)
Date of invasion: December 2020 (first seen on 25/12/2020)
PA_1431 [100 points]
Hiding up in the clouds, PA_1431 is the highest space invader ever placed in Paris. It landed on the top of the Eiffel Tower in November 2019 where it enjoys the great view !
Since the news Invader invaded the top of the Tour Eiffel I had the plan to visit the top of this tower. Then we had the covid-19 pandemic and it was not possible to visit the top of this tower to gain 100 points at an altitude of 281 meters.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: HIGHEST IN PARIS
All my photos of PA_1431:
PA_1431 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1431 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1431 (Wide shot 2, September 2021)
PA_1431 (35/52 Highest in Paris, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 07/11/2021
[ Visited this highest space invader of Paris 1 year and almost 10 months after invasion ]
PA_1452 [20 points]
Sunday morning in January 2021, the morning after 12 hours of curfew, almost nobody on the streets. Almost...apart from me with my FlashInvaders phone and camera.
The most beautiful summary in mosaic tiles of the year 2020. The year 2020 was a bad year for Invader. In Paris he has placed only 18 new space invaders. In total he placed 102 space invaders, most of which of course in Marseille. The third wave in this city includes 84 space invaders. Due to the lockdown, there have been no other waves.
In 2020 the number of FlashInvaders users grew by 35,692 to 153,672 and a total of nearly 2.5 million space invaders were flashed!
This one is located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and was number 3960 in the world.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: MEMORY FROM 2020
All my photos of PA_1452:
PA_1452 (Close-up, January 2021)
PA_1452 (Wide shot 1, January 2021)
PA_1452 (Wide shot 2, January 2021)
Date of invasion: December 2020 (first seen on 25/12/2020)
PA_197 [30 points]
Getting older does not automatically means getting uglier. During FlashInvader walk in the 18ème I learned that number 197 looks better than when I visited almost 10 (!) years ago when it was painted over. A space invader restorer has done his or her job perfectly. At least one mirror eye is visible again and the real colors of the tiles are black again.
All my photos of PA_197:
PA_197 (Close-up, August 2006)
PA_197 (Wide shot 1, January 2006)
PA_197 (Update 1, Sepember 2015)
PA_197 (Wide shot 2, September 2015)
PA_197 (Update, 2 January 2024)
Date of invasion: 04/07/1999* or 10/06/1999** (worldwide # 259)
*: date according the book Complete Guide to the Space Invaders 1998 - 2021
**: date according to the book Invasion of Paris 1.0 and 1.1
PA_435 [50 points]
A low mounted "big" black and white space invader in the 11ème arrondissement of Paris. Re-activated in December.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: NEXT NOW?
All my photos of PA_435:
PA_435 (Close-up, December 2021)
PA_435 (Wide shot, December 2021)
Date of invasion: 23/09/2001
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED December 2021
PA_211 [30 points]
I captured this mirror eyed 'videogame' space invader for the first time in July 2005 without taking a close-up shot. Made in 1999 and desactivated in 2014 and had a come back in 2015 and after another disparition we are looking at the third edition of PA_211. With finally a good close-up.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: "BRAVO!"
All my photos of PA_211:
PA_211 (Wide shot of the original, July 2005)
PA_211 (Close-up of re-activation, April 2018)
PA_211 (Wide shot after 2nd re-activation, April 2018)
Date of invasion: 14/08/1999
DELETED in 2014 and 2015
RE-ACTIVATED 2015 (#2) and March 2018 (#3)
PA_1230 [30 points]
A space invader échec et mat (checkmate) in the 9ème arrondissement of Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CHECKMATE
All my photos of PA_1230:
PA_1230 (Close-up, August 2016)
PA_1230 (Wide shot 1, August 2016)
PA_1230 (Wide shot 2, October 2023)
Date of invasion: 22/08/2016 (world wide # 3360)
(First seen on Flickr on 24/08/2016 by Alexandre Feuvrier)
DELETED < August 2017
RE-ACTIVATED November 2018
[ Visited this check invader PA_1230 8 days after invasion ]
AMI_09 [20 points]
Two space ships on the corner of the main shoppingstreet Rue des 3 Cailloux and Rue Ernest Cauvin. Placed on a corner above menswear store Bréal. This one is located at the left.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: SPACESHIP1
All my photos of AMI_09 & AMI_10:
AMI_09 (Close-up, June 2025)
AMI_10 (Close-up, June 2025)
AMI_09 & AMI_10 (Wide shot 1, June 2025)
AMI_09 & AMI_10 (Wide shot 2, June 2025)
Date of invasion: 12/06/2025
[ Encountered AMI_09 and AMI_10 and all other invaders in Amiens more than 2 weeks after invasion ]
INVASION OF AMIENS
WAVE: 1
INVADERS: 16
WORLD WIDE: 4304 THRU 4320
TOTAL SCORE: 540 POINTS)
PA_062 [10 points]
A new old space invader. PA_062 (or PA_62 according to FlashInvaders) is back. A framed low level invader featuring a mégot of a Winston cigarette.
All my photos of PA_62:
PA_62 (Close-up, November 2005)
PA_62 (Wide shot, November 2005)
PA_62 (Close-up, Re-Activated, July 2016)
PA_62 (Wide shot after Re-Activation, July 2016)
PA_62 (Together with PA_1078, August 2018)
Date of invasion: 10/06/1998
DELETED (reported May 2013)
RE-ACTIVATED June 2016
PA_1442 [40 points]
One of the two space invaders installed right after the COVID-19 lockdown was released on 11/05/2020. People were allowed again to leave there homes without a permission and Invader took the opportunity to put up some fresh space invaders like this one.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: PARIS PARIS!
All my photos of PA_1442:
PA_1442 (Close-up, July 2020)
PA_1442 (Wide shot, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 11/05/2020
[ Visited and flashed this one 2 months and 7 days after invasion ]
PA_801 [20 points]
Nothing is as changeable as the wall in front of the house where Serge Gainsbourg lived. Space invader PA_801 has disappeared a few times but is always reactivated by the fanatical space invader fans. In 2009 this was space invader number 2147 in the world.
A photo especially taken and uploaded for the
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BIEN!
All my photos of PA_801:
PA_801 (Close-up, April 2009)
PA_801 (Wide shot 1, April 2009)
PA_801 (Wide shot 2, « re-activated », July 2016)
PA_801 (Wide shot 3, « re-activated », August 2023)
Date of invasion: 03/04/2009
DELETED (April 2009, a few days ater invasion)
RE-ACTIVATED May 2011 (by Invader)
DELETED Eind 2011
RE-ACTIVATED 2016 (by the R-Team Paris)
[ Visited PA_801 for the first time 3 days after invasion ]
I had joy I had fun, flashing space invaders in Clermont-Ferran'...
Location: Centre du Clermont-Ferrand, La Jetée. "Sauve Qui Peut Le Court Metrage", the "Studio cinématographique", the center of the short film festival.
Coordinates: 45°46'38" N 3°5'21" E
Reason: This "52-Weeks" selfportrait is made during my 3-day road trip to the city of Clermont-Ferrand to visit, capture and flash (by the online game FlashInvaders) all space invaders of Clermont-Ferrand. Like this one on the facade of the "Sauve Qui Peut Le Court Metrage" building. A pellicle with space invaders, identity CLR_18 and worth 100 point, the maximum a space invader can be.
Invasion of Clermont-Ferrand:
The first (two?) invasion wave(s) of the center of Clermont-Ferrand occured in the year 2000 and consisted 8 space invaders, 4 of them are still there (including 1 re-activation) and flashable.
In January 2016 Clermont-Ferrand was invaded again, the 3rd invasion wave took place:
"At the occasion of the screening of the very last version of the movie Art4Sspace at the Interntional Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand, I have added 31 new creations to the city of the center of France. Among various themes, they refer to movies and cinema but also to what Clermont Ferrand is famous for : its gothic cathedrale, its volcanos, its Michelin factories and its Serge Gainsbourg street" (Invader)
Other views of CLR_18: Zoom in and less zoomed in.
Weather: Almost sunny, 14° C
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod mounted on a street pole, selftimer on 10 seconds.
Rue Mignard | AVI_16 23/06/2015 12h47
Avignon is an invaded city. Two years ago in the Summer of 2013 I found 22 of all 41 space invaders. The interactive game application FlashInvaders was nonexistent at that time. During the little time of my visit in Avignon this time I tried to flash the most of them, the score was 12 flashed Avignon space invaders with a total score of 180 points plus 100 bonus points 'new city'.
Sad news is that 5 space invades I encountered in 2013 are not there anymore.
Stewart is 'flashing' AVI_16 on this corner. Ten points!
AVI_16 [10 points]
Date of invasion: year 2000
Other views:
AVI_16 (Zoom in, June 2013)
AVI_16 (Street view, June 2013)
PA_1171 [30 points]
For those who haven't noticed, Invader is putting his work not always at random on his locations. Also this "Saint Invader" as this one is called by the application game FlashInvaders is not just a coincidence.
Other view:
PA_1171 (Street view, September 2015)
Date of invasion: 14/08/2015 (Source: Instagram / Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 16/08/2015 by Alexandre Feuvrier)
[ Visited this 'Saint Invader' for the first time 6 days after invasion on a grey and dark day but came back for a better photo in direct morning sunlight. ]
PA_928 [30 points]
A small detour in the proche banlieu to flash this re-activated space invader in Vincennes.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YEEESSS!
All my photos of PA_928:
PA_928 (Close-up, May 2011)
PA_928 (Wide shot, May 2011)
PA_928 (Wide shot, « re-activated », October 2021)
Date of invasion: 15/03/2011 (First seen on Flickr on 24/03/2011 by Tofz4u 9 days after invasion)
DELETED due to renovation works on the building (reported May 2013)
RE-ACTIVATED May 2021
[ Visited the original of PA_928 63 days after invasion ]
MARS_77 [50 points]
Not in full sun but taken during the period of dusk. This big blue two dimensional invader is located at the corner of the Boulevard Garibaldi and La Canebière near métro and tram station Noailles.
Till August 2020 I found and flashed all 13 space invaders of wave 1 (MARS_01 - MARS_11 - 2004 and wave 2 (MARS_12 and MARS_13). But during wave 3 in August 2020 the number of space invaders went up to 97. In total 84 space invaders on my list again.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: SWEET
All my photos of MARS_77:
MARS_77 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_77 (Wide shot, July 2021)
Date of invasion: 16/08/2020
PA_215 [10 points]
PA_215 is back again after a re-activation treatment. Have seen the original already in 2005. This was space invader number 316 in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YOU DID IT!
All my photos of PA_215:
PA_215 (Close-up, September 2005)
PA_215 (Wide shot 1, September 2005)
PA_215 (Wide shot 2, March 2009)
PA_215 (Wide shot 3 «re-activated», January 2023)
Date of invasion: 20/09/1999
DELETED (reported March 2012)
RE-ACTIVATED / DELETED 2017 - 2020
RE-ACTIVATED January 2023