Sighting in Chardogne, August 28, 2011
Meuse, Grand Est, France
Sighting on August 28, 2011 in Chardogne (Meuse, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
Two witnesses were at home, watching the landscape and the lightning of a dry thunderstorm. They noticed a light grey, cylindrical object between the clouds and the rooftops of the houses. It hung motionless, then vanished all at once. The sighting lasted less than a minute.
The file is thinly documented: the observation was short and was reported only late. GEIPAN considered two possible explanations, a cylindrical balloon that burst suddenly, or a complex atmospheric phenomenon linked to the storm (a plasma), but it could not confirm either one. For lack of sufficient information, the case was classified C, not showing a strongly strange character.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 28, 2011
- Location
- Chardogne · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2011-08-08266
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.