Sighting in Champ-du-Boult, October 28, 1997
Calvados, Normandie, France
Sighting on October 28, 1997 in Champ-du-Boult (Calvados, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
Children found the remains of an object lying in some brambles: an aluminium sphere made of two halves that fit together, attached to a parachute. They also picked up pieces of thin rubber from the surrounding area.
The GEIPAN investigation identified these items as the debris of a weather balloon. The case was therefore classified A, meaning fully identified: it was the recovery of a weather balloon.
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 28, 1997
- Location
- Champ-du-Boult · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1997-11-01487
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