Sighting in Beaucourt, April 2, 1979
Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on April 2, 1979 in Beaucourt (Territoire de Belfort, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
At around 8:40 p.m., the gendarmerie received several phone calls reporting that a craft giving off a bright light was flying over the town. Gendarmes went to the scene and saw for themselves an orange-colored glow moving at low altitude across a clear sky, heading northeast. The object showed flashing red lights and a steady green light.
The investigation established that this was a DC-9 aircraft carrying out training flights in the region between 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. GEIPAN classified the case as A: the observation of an aircraft.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- April 2, 1979
- Location
- Beaucourt · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1979-04-00615
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.