Sighting in Ablis, August 30, 2008
Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on August 30, 2008 in Ablis (Yvelines, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a balloon (class A).
What happened
At around 7:50 p.m., a witness noticed a flying object in the sky that they could not identify. They took a series of photographs and also filmed how the object moved. The film was never sent to the GEIPAN.
The gendarmerie questioned people in the neighbourhood and concluded that the object was a kite. Kite enthusiasts regularly gather at the municipal sports ground to fly kites. Several witnesses confirmed that this had been happening on that day, and one of them mentioned a kite that was flying particularly high. The GEIPAN therefore classified the case as A: the object observed was a kite.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 30, 2008
- Location
- Ablis · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Balloons
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2008-08-02061
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