Sighting in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, December 7, 1978
Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting from an aircraft on December 7, 1978 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably an aircraft (plane, helicopter…) (class B).
What happened
During a flight from Rome to Paris, a passenger noticed a bright, elongated object below the aircraft, moving from right to left. When the flight landed, the pilot was questioned. The pilot remembered that, at the time given by the passenger, they had seen an airplane shining in the light of the setting sun and travelling from right to left. That aircraft left a faint condensation trail behind it.
GEIPAN classified the case as B, probably identified: the witness most likely saw this 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
- December 7, 1978
- Location
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From an aircraft
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Aircraft
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1978-12-00576
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.