Sighting in Charolles, September 7, 1978
Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on September 7, 1978 in Charolles (Saône-et-Loire, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
On several evenings in a row, around 9 p.m., people saw a luminous object cross the sky at very high altitude. It moved at a constant speed, travelling from the northeast toward the southwest.
The GEIPAN classified the case as A, meaning identified. The steady trajectory, the length of time the object stayed visible and the fact that the sighting was repeated over two days confirmed that it was an artificial satellite passing over, observed on successive occasions.
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 7, 1978
- Location
- Charolles · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1978-09-00541
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.