Sighting in Benquet, October 16, 1977
Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on October 16, 1977 in Benquet (Landes, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At about 3:30 a.m., a driver and their passenger saw a circular, colored object go by. It moved from west to east at high altitude and high speed, following a curved path, and eventually vanished behind vegetation. The two witnesses noticed no interference of any kind in their vehicle. No other testimony was collected about this phenomenon.
GEIPAN classified the case as C, meaning the data were insufficient. Its conclusion is limited to noting the passage of a circular object on a curvilinear trajectory.
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 16, 1977
- Location
- Benquet · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1977-10-02661
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.