Sighting in Coutevroult, July 20, 2008
Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on July 20, 2008 in Coutevroult (Seine-et-Marne, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was an aircraft (plane, helicopter…) (class A).
What happened
A driver and their passenger watched an object for one minute at 10:12 pm on a Sunday evening in July, and it puzzled them. It was elongated, matte light grey, and had two large tail fins. It moved slowly and silently, made a loop, then disappeared toward the west.
The driver took two photographs with a mobile phone. No other witness came forward, and no unusual aerial phenomenon was reported in the area.
The gendarmerie investigation concluded that the witnesses had seen an airliner making a tight turn to line up with the runways of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle international airport. The GEIPAN found this explanation credible and classified the case as A (identified).
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- July 20, 2008
- Location
- Coutevroult · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Aircraft
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2008-07-02139
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