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Sighting in Bacouël, October 1, 2000

Oise, Hauts-de-France, France

Sighting on October 1, 2000 in Bacouël (Oise, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).

What happened

The witness was coming home from work at around 5 a.m. when they noticed a luminous object showing a series of different colors. They watched it through binoculars for about two hours. According to their account, the object moved quickly and erratically, and made no noise. It disappeared as daylight came.

No further information was gathered about this sighting. GEIPAN classified it as B (probably identified), concluding that it was most likely an observation of a celestial body.

Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.

Date
October 1, 2000
Location
Bacouël · town centre
Type of sighting
From the ground
Source classification
B

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.