Sighting in Ally, December 1, 1976
Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on December 1, 1976 in Ally (Haute-Loire, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
Several witnesses noticed a bright, motionless object above the horizon. They watched it for about fifteen minutes before it disappeared. No particular sound was heard.
The gendarmerie went to the site quickly, but saw nothing themselves that evening and found no unusual marks on the ground in the area.
The gendarmerie's investigation then established that, on several evenings in a row, a luminous phenomenon was visible in the direction all the witnesses had indicated, and that it set behind the horizon. GEIPAN concluded that all of these people had been observing the planet Venus. The case is classified A (identified).
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- December 1, 1976
- Location
- Ally · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1976-12-00365
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.