Sighting in Beauvoir-sur-Niort, February 26, 1978
Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on February 26, 1978 in Beauvoir-sur-Niort (Deux-Sèvres, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
At around 2:30 in the morning, several people noticed a bright, silvery shape in the sky. The witnesses described what they saw as an explosion of light. The phenomenon vanished instantly, and no sound was heard.
That same night, gendarmerie patrols observed lightning flashes coming from distant thunderstorms. GEIPAN classified the case as B: the witnesses most likely saw a luminous effect associated with this stormy weather, in other words brief flashes of light.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- February 26, 1978
- Location
- Beauvoir-sur-Niort · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1978-02-00490
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.