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PA_1097 [100 points]
After an absence of about 4 to 5 years, Mona Lisa made by Invader is back. And immediately in the interest of the players of FlashInvaders. The 100 points are more than worth a trip to this location.
Mona Lisa made by Invader and installed with 10x10 cm tiles not far from the real Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506. It was Invader's 2941th space invader in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: LOW-RES MONA LISA
All my photos of PA_1097:
PA_1097 (Close-up, April 2014)
PA_1097 (Street view 1 - April 2014)
PA_1097 (Street view 2 - June 2014)
PA_1097 (Street view 3 - June 2014)
PA_1097 (Reflections - August 2015)
PA_1097 (Street view 4 «re-activated», January 2023)
Date of invasion 06/04/2014 (source: Instagram)
First on Flickr: on 06/04/2014 by Street_art77 (Alexandre Feuvrier)
Visited PA_1097 "Mona Lisa" for the first time 4 days after invasion/appearence on Flickr.
DELETED between August 2016 and August 2017
RE-ACTIVATED January 2023
PA_552 [20 points]
A revisit during a monring walk through Paris on a sunny day in March 2022. PA_552 is still alive although it is not the original. This building was under construction in 2015 and PA_552 had to suffer. A re-activation took place in 2016.
Onsreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD CATCH
All my photos of PA_552:
PA_552 (Close-up, September 2005)
PA_552 (Wide shot 1, September 2005)
PA_552 (Wide shot 2, May 2012)
PA_552 (Close-up 2 «re-activated», March 2022)
PA_552 (Wide shot 3 «re-activated», March 2022)
Date of invasion: 11/08/2004
DELETED 2014/2015 (renovation of the building)
RE-ACTIVATED 2016
Mosaic art at ESA’s ESRIN Earth observation centre near Rome, Italy, placed under a mockup of Europe's launcher for small satellites Vega. 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_483 [20 points]
A classic styled space invader with mirror eyes of which I have never seen the original. Located in the 3ème arrondissment next to entrance of a five star hotel in the former Les Bains-Douches.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: OHH YEA, YOU GOTTA GET SCHWIFTY!
All my photos of PA_483:
PA_483 (Close-up, July 2019)
PA_483 (Wide shot, July 2019)
Date of invasion: 12/06/2002
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED July 2019
PA_1197 [30 points]
In the night of 23/03/2016 three new space invaders were installed in Paris, all in the 15ème arrondissement (PA_1196 thru PA_1198). This blue 'art deco' shaped space invader is one of them. One of the most succesdful space invader hunters on this planet (JOETHECRAB_1, rank #06, 1340 space invaders seen and flashed, 39430 points on 27/07/2016) was willing to strike a pose in front of this new invader less than one day after invasion.
Other views:
PA_1197 (Zoom in, March 2016)
PA_1197 (Street view, March 2016)
Date of invasion: 23/03/2016 (Source: Instagram, first seen on Flickr on 23/06/2016 Tofz4u, the day after the invasion)
[ Visited PA_1197 on the same day as the invasion ]
PA_1451 [50 points]
Onscreen FlashInvader message: QUE BUENO!
All my photos of PA_1451:
Date of invasion: December 2020
PA_1478 [30 points]
This one is the first of a series of CryptoPunks mosaïcs made by Invader. CryptoPunks is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the Ethereum blockchain. The project was launched in June 2017 by the Larva Labs studio, a two-person team consisting of Canadian software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson. The experimental project was inspired by the London punk scenes, the cyberpunk movement, and electronic music artists Daft Punk. There are 10,000 unique CryptoPunks (6,039 male and 3,840 female), all of which are made digitally scarce through the use of blockchain technology. Each one was algorithmically generated through computer code and thus no two characters are exactly alike, with some traits being rarer than others.
But this Cryptopunk PA_1478 is not a NFT anymore! He stands now on a façade in Paris, just above the place where New Rose, the legendary records shop and label was. [ # Invaderwashere ]
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: ALIVE CRYPTOPUNK ON DEAD NEW ROSE
All my photos of PA_1478:
PA_1478 (Close-up, October 2022)
PA_1478 (Wide shot, October 2022)
Date of invasion: 26/10/2022 (Source: Invaderwashere @Instagram)
[ Found this cryptopunk PA_1478 only 2 days after invasion ]
PA_318 [20 points]
Another great example of a re-activation where the original location is not really respected. The original videogame invader which I have never seen was located on a concrete pole on the sidewalk. This one is located bit further in the street and on a wall.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: WELL DONE
All my photos of PA_318:
PA_318 (Close-up, December 2021)
PA_318 (Wide shot, December 2021)
Date of invasion (original): 06/08/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATION July 2021
In search for re-activated space invader PA_399...found!
Location: Quai d'Orsay, Pont de l'Alma, Paris (F)
Coordinates: Click on the link to see the exact location on Google Maps:
Reason: During an overnight I was hunting for space invader I realized that space invader PA_399 has been re-actitvated. in April 2018 and I never took the opportunity to visit this one.
PA_399:
10 points
Date of invasion: 01/04/2001
Deleted somewhere between 2001 and 2004
Re-activated in April 2018
PA_399 (Close-up, October 2021)
PA_399 (Wide shot, October 2021)
PA_399 ("52-Weeks", October 2021)
Quai d'Orsay: The Quai d'Orday is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the left bank of the Seine opposite the Place de la Concorde.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located on the Quai d'Orsay, between the Esplanade des Invalides and the National Assembly at the Palais Bourbon, and thus the ministry is often called the Quai d'Orsay by metonymy. The building containing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built between 1844 and 1855 by Jacques Lacornée. The statues of the facade were created by the sculptor Henri de Triqueti (1870). The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was negotiated and written at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The quai d'Orsay has a length of 1270. meters and a width of 29 meters.
Weather: Mostly sunny, almost sunset, 15° C
To Listen ♫: Maan - Niks Is Heilig (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Camera placed on my cross-over bag placed on the sidewalk.
PA_018 [10 points]
The 2.0 version of number 18 located in Montmartre, re-activated. When I visited this one for the first time in May 2008 it was partly deleted. Now it's there like brandnew. PA_18 or PA_018 is back in town and active again on FlashInvaders.
Other views:
PA_018 (Zoom in, May 2008)
PA_018 (Street view, May 2008)
PA_018 (Street view, after re-activation, July 2016)
Date of invasion: 18/04/1998
DELETED ? (2008 - 2011)
RE-ACTIVATED May 2016
Just flashed my 1503th space invader here...
Location: Place Rhin-et-Danube, Paris 19ème, France.
Coordinates: Click on the link to see the exact location where this photo was taken:
Reason: During my 908th découcher (overnight) in Paris my mission was to visit this space invader which I never flashed before. And that while this is already the third PA_984 after being removed from the wall twice.
PA_984: The original space invader was installed by Invader on 15/05/2011/ It was in 2011 the 2539th space invader of the world made by Invader. Deleted in 2014/2015. First re-activation took place in 2017 and this was deleted in 2021. This version number 3 of PA_984 and finally flashed by me.
Other views of PA_984:
PA_984 (Close-up, October 2011)
PA_984 (Wide shot 1, June 2011)
PA_984 (Wide shot 2, October 2011)
PA_984 (52-Weeks Selfportrait, March 2023)
PA_984 (Wide shot 3, March 2023)
FlashInvaders: This my 1503th space invader flashed since I joined this online game which already has more than 293 thousand players and over 18 million space invaders have been flashed. In total I scored 43,830 points and when this photo was taken I was ranked 790th of 293,000plus which is not that bad at all. This PA_984 was my 1250th space invader in Paris I flashed out of the 1485 space invaders in Paris (April 2023).
Place Rhin-et-Danube: Place Rhin-et-Danube is a square in the 19ème arrondissement of Paris in the quartier Amérique. Metro line 7bis has a station on this square; station Danube.
Wikipedia - Place Rhin-et-Danube
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 16° C
To Listen ♫: Life Above - Welcome (Extended Mix) (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod installed on a traffic sign on a traffic island and hoping for no cars or pedestrians photobombing my self portrait. Timer on 10 seconds.
MARS_47 [20 points]
The entrance to the Le Panier neighborhood when coming from the Cathédrale La Major is invaded by this little blue one with sunglasses.
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: YEAHHH!
All my photos of MARS_47:
MARS_47 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_47 (Wide shot 1, July 2021)
MARS_47 (Wide shot 2, July 2021)
Date of invasion: 10/08/2020
PA_1359 [40 points]
May 1968. The volatile period of civil unrest in France during May 1968 was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities and factories across France. This space invader is a commemorative invader of that period. In the matching colors red and white. Colors of the revolution.
A revisit and another photo during a walk in this neighbourhood.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "SOYES REALISTES DEMANDEZ L'IMPOSIBLE"
All my photos of PA_1359:
PA_1359 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1359 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_1359 (Wide shot 2, August 2021)
Date of invasion: 31/05/2018 (Source: Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 31/05/2018 -date of invasion- by Olivier)
[ Visited this revolutionary space invader exactly 3 weeks after invasion ]
PA_1400 [50 points]
Another 'glitch' space invader high above the traffic on the Boulevard Périphérique at the South side of the city. Hard to get close but good enough with a zoom lens and seen from the other side which is already not in Paris anymore officially but in Val-de-Marne. This red/yellow/orange invader was number 3736 in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YES, SEARCH AND FLASH
All my photos of PA_1400:
PA_1400 (Close-up, May 2019)
PA_1400 (Wide shot 1, May 2019)
PA_1400 (Wide shot 2, May 2019)
Date of invasion: 25/04/2019
[ Visited PA_1400 26 days after invasion ]
PA_1449 [20 points]
This duo space invaders in a red frame are located near Invalides. It was the 3957th space invader in the world when this was put on the wall.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YES!
All my photos of PA_1449:
PA_1449 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1449 (Wide shot, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 01/12/2020 (estimated)
[ Visited PA_1449 almost 10 months after invasion ]
A l'aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, pas très loin du terminal 1.
La mosaïque originale signée Invader avait été posée par Invader le 26 juillet 2002.
Elle avait été arrachée ... et a été réactivée en septembre 2017.
On peut y accéder à pied assez facilement depuis la gare de RER B Aéroport CDG, terminaux 1 et 3.
Sur Flashinvaders, cette mosaïque vaut 50 points.
PA_29 [20 points]
A blue Pac Man in the 3ème arrondissement of Paris. I have never seen the original of this videogame invader, we are looking towards a successful re-activation of the 29th space invader in Paris.
Dogs and space invaders, will they ever respect eachother?
Onscreen FlashInvader message: "QUE BUENO!"
All my photos of PA_29:
PA_29 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_29 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_29 (Wide shot 2, June 2018)
PA_29 (Wide shot 3, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 06/05/1998
DELETED ?
RE-ACTIVATED May 2018
PA_584 [20 points]
Finally I have a better close-up of PA_584 in the only street in Paris named after my hometown in the Netherlands. This Pac Man was the last invader I flashed during my 3 day stay in Paris in the Summer of 2020 after the lockdown. The score is that I flashed in total 40 space invaders (new, re-activated and never revisited older invaders) worth in total 1070 points and I went up in rank from 505 to 454.
My total score is now 38,740 points, 1,336 invaders of which 1,138 out of 1,446 in Paris. On 20/07/2020 there were more than 136,670 FlashInvaders players.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YOU ROCK!
All my photos of PA_584:
PA_584 (Close-up 1, Original, January 2006)
PA_584 (Wide shot 1, Original, January 2006)
PA_584 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_584 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_584 (Wide shot 3, Re-Activated, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 03/04/2005
DELETED June 2007
RE-ACTIVATED January 2020
[ Visited/Found PA_584 nine months and 18 days (293 days) after invasion ]
PA_1457 [20 points]
A classic sized blue-pink space invader above a bookstore with books for the youth and children in the 11ème arrondissement of Paris.
When I flashed this space invader it was the 11,320,806th 'flash' in FlashInvaders and FlashInvaders had 186,806 players at this moment (2021-09-28 18h29 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) )
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: SWEET!
All my photos of PA_1457:
PA_1457 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1457 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1457 (Wide shot 2, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 04/02/2021 (estimation)
[ Visited this "sweet" PA_1457 almost 8 months after invasion ]
PA_42 [10 points]
A re-activation of a space invader of which I have never seen the original. The original location is right at the other side of the street (PA_42 by Tofz4u). Sometimes it's better to have a good reactivation than one at the exact location. There is hope for a lot space invaders to be re-activated.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING!
All my photos of PA_42:
PA_42 (Close-up, October 2021)
PA_42 (Wide shot, October 2021)
Date of invasion: 18/05/1998
DELETED ages ago (partly deleted in 2002)
RE-ACTIVATED October 2021
2600th #ftbl_08 #invaderwashere @invaderwashere #reactivationteamparis #r34ct1v4t10nt34m #2600th #flashinvaders #fontainebleau #lampetiffany #streetart #streetartrendezvous #invaderphotography #patmhunterinvader #patm666photos
MARS_53 [30 points]
How appropriate this space invader is. A vista view from Rue de la Loge through Passage Claude McKay towards te Vieux Port of Marseille (Quai du Port).
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: GOLD ANCHOR
All my photos of MARS_53:
MARS_53 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_53 (Wide shot, July 2021)
Date of invasion: 11/08/2020
PA_1005 [30 points]
A revisit of PA_1005 because I was passing along this location and I found out that I never have "flashed" this one. So suddenly 30 more points on my score board of FlashInvaders.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: WELL PLAYED!
All my photos of PA_1005:
PA_1005 (Close-up 1, September 2011)
PA_1005 (Wide shot 1, September 2011)
PA_1005 (Close-up 2, June 2022)
PA_1005 (Wide shot 2, June 2022)
Date of invasion: unknown (Summer 2011 - First seen on Flickr on 25/09/2011 by Yoyolabellut)
PA_1003 [50 points]
A re-activated big space invader of which I have never seen the original. The PA_1003 was already mentoined in the book "Invasion of Paris 2.0" but as a faded photo only.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: IT WORKS!
All my photos of PA_1003:
PA_1003 (Close-up, August 2021)
PA_1003 (Wide shot, August 2021)
Date of invasion: June 2011
DELETED 2011
RE-ACTIVATED March 2021
DELETED November 2021
PA_1148 [50 points]
A photographic revisit of PA_1148 since the building has been painted in bright colors in 2024 or 2025. This invader is already more than 10 years 'active'.
Almost 5 years after the invasion of the other side by PA_872 (invasion date 03/08/2010, 50 points) the 'B-side' has invaded as well. Same invader, but inverted colors (the other side has a black space invader with a red flash!).
FlashInvaders onscreen message: POINT EPHEMERE SIDE B
All my photos of PA_1148:
PA_1148 (Close-up, July 2015)
PA_1148 (Wide shot 1, July 2015)
PA_1148 (Wide shot 2, August 2025)
Date of invasion: 26/06/2015 (worldwide number 3139)
(Source in 2015: Instagram, #invaderwashere. First on Flickr with PA_1148 was Alexandre Feuvrier on the same date as invasion)
[ Visited the B-side at Point Ephémere 14 days after invasion ]
PA_1497 [30 points]
Will we ever know where a pirate's flag is from. We have seen pirate flags before; PA_646, PA_674, PA_675 and PA_680. This binary pirate flag is different but now with a flagpole.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: PIRATE FOREVER
All my photos of PA_1497:
PA_1497 (Close-up, March 2024)
PA_1497 (Wide shot, March 2024)
Date of invasion: 14/12/2023 (number # 4166 in the world)
[ Vistited PA_1497 for the first time 3 days after invastion in the evening, so I came back for better photos. ]
PA_1383 [30 points]
The 2019 McFly space invader at night during a walk around Jardin dees Plantes.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "THE MACFLY!"
All my photos of PA_1383:
PA_1383 (Close-up, February 2019)
PA_1383 (Wide shot 1, February 2019)
PA_1383 (Wide shot 2, December 2021)
Date of invasion: 06/02/2019
[ Found this MacFly 18 days after its invasion ]
BXL_42 [30 points]
From 24/06/2022 till 08/01/2023 Invader had an exhibition in the MiMa Museum (Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art) in Bruxelles (Molenbeek Saint-Jean) under the titel Invader Rubikcubist. For this occasion, Invader has placed two new space invaders on the outside of the museum. His second invasion wave in Brussels since 2012. A total of 80 extra points for the city of Brussels.
This small Rubik invader on street level of the museum.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: RUBIK CAMO
All my photos of BXL_42:
BXL_42 (Close-up, September 2022)
BXL_42 (Wide shot, September 2022)
Date of invasion; around 07/07/2022
[ Visited, flashed and caputered BXL_42 about 2 months after invasion ]
MARS_39 [50 points]
Invader likes to make such tiled poster mosaics in recent years. This one is located in the neighbourhood Préfecture not far from the Cours Julien.
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: AFFICHAGE LIBRTE EXPRESSION
All my photos of MARS_39:
MARS_39 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_39 (Wide shot 1, July 2021)
MARS_39 (Wide shot 2, July 2021)
Date of invasion09/08/2020
PA_076 [10 points]
A low outlined space invader of the late ninetees of which I have never seen the original before. Because the street has been raised, the re-activated space invader had to be adjusted and misses half of the tiles. It might be the reason why this one is not flashable with the application FlashInvaders (as we speak in February 2020; more than 125,000 players and more than 6.5 million flashes!).
I flashed this one with other light conditions and and I succeeded.
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
PA_259 [10 points]
Due to covid-19 I was forgotten to visit this re-activated space invader in the 16ème arrondissement. The re-activation is aronnd two years ago before I visited this one. According to Invader this is a CAMO space invader because it has the colors of a streetname sign. The traffic light beggar provided some animation for my photo luckily.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CHAMPION!
All my photos of PA_259:
PA_259 (Close-up, November 2021)
PA_259 (Wide shot, November 2021)
Date of invasion: 31/01/2000
DELETED ages ago (unknown)
RE-ACTIVATED November 2019
PA_1459 [30 points]
A red invader next to Le Théâtre le Palace and opposite Chez Chartier brasserie in the 9ème arrondissement of Paris.
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_1414 [50 points]
A revisit to this 3D space invader in Vincennes on the corner of the Avenue du Château and Avenue de Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOT IT =)
All my photos of PA_1414:
PA_1414 (Close-up, August 2019)
PA_1414 (Wide shot 1, August 2019)
PA_1414 (Wide shot 2, October 2021)
Date of invasion: 03/07/2019
[ Visited PA_1414 "3D" 1 month and 19 days after invasion ]
Rue Saint-André des Arts 11/02/2016 19h29
A Winter evening in Paris near Saint-Michèl. Invaded!
PA_1107 [30 points]
A Summer 'FlashInvader' colored space invader in the 6ème arrondissement of Paris.
Other views:
PA_1107 (Zoom-in, September 2014)
PA_1107 (Street view, September 2014)
Date of invasion: 25/07/2014 (source: Instagram, Invader did 5 pieces that particular day/night. First appearance on Flickr was on 27/07/2014 by Tofz4u)
[Visited this Summer time space invader for the first time 47 days after invasion]
PA_1472 [30 points]
A white and orange « Shock Wave » space invader in the 15ème arrondissement. The colors are completely in line with the Gosselin fruit and vegetable shop below. It was space invader number 4059 in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: ORANGE MECANIQUE
All my photos of PA_1472:
PA_1472 (Close-up, July 2022)
PA_1472 (Wide shot 1, July 2022)
PA_1472 (Wide shot 2, July 2022)
Date of invasion: 20/07/2022
[ Found, flashed and captured PA_1472 10 days after invasion ]
CLR_01 [10 points]
The oldest space invader of Clermont-Ferrand and one of the oldest space invaders in France and the world. Still active in the historic center of Clermont-Ferrand on a quiet location.
Flashing here is Bastian from the area Aix-en-Provence who went to Clermont-Ferrand for the same reason as me.
Other views:
CLR_01 (Zoom in, April 2016)
CLR_01 (Selfie, April 2016)
Year of invasion: 2000
PA_1542 [30 points]
Four new space invaders in Paris on 06/05/2025 of which two in the squares in between the Rue Auber and Boulevard des Capucines in the 9ème arrondissement of Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BIZARRE BIZARRE
All my photos of PA_1542:
PA_1542 (Close-up, May 2025)
PA_1542 (Wide shot 1, May 2025)
PA_1542 (Wide shot 2, May 2025)
Date of invasion: 06/05/2025 (worldwide number 4309)
[ Visited PA_1542 7 days after invasion ]
PA_1021 [30 points]
This one I was forgotten to flash ever since I started with the online game FlashInvaders (as we speak -September 2022- more than 250.000 players and more than 15 million flashes made). This one is a bit hidden away in an alley but well seen from the street.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: AS GOOD AS DAVID VINCENT!
All my photos of PA_1021:
PA_1021 (Close-up, November 2011)
PA_1021 (Wide shot 1, November 2011)
PA_1021 (Wide shot 2, July 2022)
Date of invasion: unknown (Estimated: Fall 2011 - First seen on Flickr on 04/11/2011 by lepublicnme)
[Visited the scene in person 16 days after first appearance on Flickr]
PA_1444 [40 points]
The first space invader I "flashed" after the lockdown in Paris. It couldn't be more topical than this. 2020 is the year of the pandemic and Invader was also in lockdown from mid-March to 11 May.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: SOUVENIR FROM THE PRESENT
All my photos of PA_1444:
PA_1444 (Close-up, July 2020)
PA_1444 (Wide shot, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 02/06/2020
[ Visited this COVID-19 invader 1 month and 12 days after invasion ]
MARS_51 [50 points]
The colors of Marseille in a big space invader on a landmark of Marseille; the building of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique on the corner of the Quai de la Joliette and Boulevard des Dames.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: NICE!
All my photos of MARS_51:
MARS_51 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_51 (Wide shot 1, July 2021)
MARS_51 (Wide shot 2, July 2021)
Date of invasion: 11/08/2020
PA_1230 [30 points]
Yours truly trying to capture number PA_1230, 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 ]
PA_152 [10 points]
Back in town on Place de la Concorde after a couple of years of absence (no idea when the original has been deleted). Re-activated like many others in 2015, not only for the online game FlashInvaders but also to restore the invaders which are gone as much as possible.
This photo is taken about 10 years after my first photos of PA_152.
All my photos of PA_152:
PA_152 (Close-up 1, October 2005)
PA_152 (Wide shot 1, October 2005)
PA_152 (Wide shot 2, «re-activated», November 2015)
PA_152 (Close-up 2, «re-activated», June 2022)
PA_152 (Wide shot 3, «re-activated», June 2022)
Date of invasion: 03/01/1999
DELETED ?
RE-ACTIVATED October 2015
PA_297 [10 points]
A ground invader about three and a half years after re-activation. This type has a very hard time because they are constantly being trampled. But this one has held up well so far. PA_297 is part of 10 "ground" space invaders have been re-activated in June 2020. Time for a revisit with a WOFT photo ("What's On Foot Today")
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD CATCH
All my photos of PA_297:
PA_297 (Close-up, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_297 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_297 (WOFT Shot, Re-Activated, February 2024)
Date of invasion: 14/07/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED June 2020
PA_1148 [50 points]
Almost 5 years after the invasion of the other side by PA_872 (invasion date 03/08/2010, 50 points) the 'B-side' has invaded as well. Same invader, but inverted colors (the other side has a black space invader with a red flash!).
FlashInvaders onscreen message: POINT EPHEMERE SIDE B
All my photos of PA_1148:
PA_1148 (Close-up, July 2015)
PA_1148 (Wide shot 1, July 2015)
PA_1148 (Wide shot 2, August 2025)
Date of invasion: 26/06/2015 (worldwide number 3139)
(Source in 2015: Instagram, #invaderwashere. First on Flickr with PA_1148 was Alexandre Feuvrier on the same date as invasion)
[ Visited the B-side at Point Ephémere 14 days after invasion ]
PA_28 [10 points]
I have encountered this space invader already back in November 2005. The wall was repainted and they painted over this one as well. It is said that there was a period when the invader was visible in the original colors because the wall was sandblasted, but in November 2007 the invader was finally removed from the wall. I missed this 2016 re-activation. Due to the low activity of Invader in 2021 and early 2022, I have the time to find, flash and photograph all space invaders that have never been visited.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: LIKE A BOSS
All my photos of PA_028:
PA_028 (Wider shot, original, November 2005)
PA_028 (Close-up, «Re-Activated», February 2022)
PA_028 (Wide shot, «Re-Activated», February 2022)
Date of invasion: 05/05/1998
DELETED November 2007
RE-ACTIVATED December 2016
PA_772 [10 points]
A reactivation made it possible to flash this 2008 space invader near Tour Eiffel. And a good reason for a photo update of this one in the 15ème arrondissement as well. Instead of Stewart capturing me, I made a selfportait for this one. Same setting as in the year 2008.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: MISSION SUCCESSFUL
All my photos of PA_772:
PA_772 (Close-up 1 « original », August 2008)
PA_772 (Wide shot 1 « original », August 2008)
PA_772 (Close-up 2 « re-activated », January 2022)
PA_772 (Wide shot 2 « re-activated », January 2022)
Date of invasion: 13/06/2008
DELETED March 2012
RE-ACTIVATED January 2022
[Visited for the first time almost 2 months after invasion]
PA_1484 [30 points]
A camouflage space invader in the 20ème arrondissement of Paris on a wall of the petite ceinture. The 1484th space invader was the 4083th space invader in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CAMOUFLAGE
All my photos of PA_1484:
PA_1484 (Close-up, February 2023)
PA_1484 (Wide shot, February 2023)
Date of invasion: 07/02/2023
[ Found PA_1484 within one week after invasion ]
Boulevard de Rochechouart 18/07/2020 10h47
Boulevard de Rochechouart during COVID-19 times. Métro station Anvers and space invader PA_1275 in the distance.
PA_1275 [40 points]
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: I WAS HERE
All my photos of PA_1275:
PA_1275 (Close-up, May 2017)
PA_1275 (Wide shot 2, May 2017)
PA_1275 (Wide shot 2, February 2018)
PA_1275 (Wide shot 3, COVID-19, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 12/04/2017 (Source: space-invaders.com, first seen on Flickr on 12/04/2017 by Tofz4u)
[ Visited this space invader for the first time within 12 hours of invasion but came back at the late afternoon on another day for a full sunlight shot ]
PA_216 [30 points]
The online game FlashInvaders forces me to visit space invaders again in neigbhourhoods I don't visit very often like this corner in the 13ème arrondissement. It was almost 10 years ago I was here and I must say that this space invader hasn't changed that much. This original space invader is still in good shape.
Other views:
PA_216 (Zoom in, June 2006)
PA_216 (Street view, June 2006)
Date of invasion: 04/10/1999