Sighting in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, August 25, 1980
Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
Sighting on August 25, 1980 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
Between 9:25 and 10:00 p.m., several witnesses noticed a luminous phenomenon in the sky. It looked like a coloured circle and moved without any particular noise being heard. The witnesses who were in town lost sight of it when buildings hid it from view. The sighting was very brief, but the witnesses stated that the object gave off beams of light.
The Pic du Midi observatory was contacted and had noted nothing out of the ordinary. GEIPAN concluded that the witnesses had most probably seen an atmospheric re-entry, and the case was classified B (probably 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
- August 25, 1980
- Location
- Bagnères-de-Bigorre · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1980-08-00793
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.