Sighting in Clermont-Ferrand, January 1, 2008
Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on January 1, 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a reflection or photographic artefact (class A).
What happened
On 1 January 2008, a motorist took photographs of the Puy de Dôme with a mobile phone from inside their vehicle. A month later, while looking through the pictures, they noticed a luminous phenomenon they could not explain, and sent the photographs to GEIPAN.
The investigation found that it was the reflection of a light inside the car, probably the dome light or some other similar source. The case was classified A (identified): the orange light visible in the photograph did not come from outside the vehicle.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 1, 2008
- Location
- Clermont-Ferrand · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Reflections and photo artefacts
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2008-01-02215
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.