Sighting in Cahors, November 11, 2000
Lot, Occitanie, France
Sighting on November 11, 2000 in Cahors (Lot, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
A witness saw a disc-shaped craft with three legs. It flew fast and low, without making any noise. A gendarme made a similar sighting, but reported hearing an engine noise.
The gendarmerie investigated and established that the object was a prototype microlight aircraft being tested for filming birds, built for the shooting of the film "Le Peuple migrateur" (Winged Migration). GEIPAN classified the case as A: the sighting was of a microlight intended for use in filmmaking.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- November 11, 2000
- Location
- Cahors · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2000-11-01560
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