Sighting in Cambrai, September 2002
Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Sighting in September 2002 in Cambrai (Nord, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
The crew of an A320 flying from Tenerife to Brussels spotted a round object at 14:48 Universal Time. The crew themselves described it as a balloon and thought it was probably a weather balloon. The source gives no duration, colour, apparent size, trajectory or weather conditions.
GEIPAN classified the case as B, meaning probably identified. Its conclusion is that this was probably a weather balloon, which matches the crew's own interpretation.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 2002
- Location
- Cambrai · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2002-09-01593
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.