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Sighting in Châteaurenard, February 5, 1976

Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Sighting on February 5, 1976 in Châteaurenard (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).

What happened

At 12:45 a.m., two witnesses saw a flying craft hovering motionless within a luminous glow. By their estimate, it was 25 meters from the house and 15 meters above the ground. They made out two silhouettes inside the craft.

The craft then moved off slowly toward the south-southeast, and the witnesses heard no noise at all.

The gendarmerie found no trace in the area the witnesses indicated, and no other testimony was collected. The case was classified C, meaning insufficient data: the GEIPAN's conclusion records the observation of a craft in flight, with no sound.

Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.

Date
February 5, 1976
Location
Châteaurenard · town centre
Type of sighting
From the ground
Source classification
C

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.