Sighting in Creuse, January 27, 1989
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on January 27, 1989, exact location not given (département: Creuse, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a celestial body (star or planet) (class A).
What happened
One evening at about 8:30 p.m., the Guéret gendarmerie group asked all of its brigades to look at the sky toward the east, where an unusual phenomenon had been reported. The officers saw very bright, twinkling points of light in a variety of colors. The same sightings were made again over several evenings in a row.
The investigation concluded that this was an astronomical phenomenon: the lights were stars whose twinkling was heightened by favorable weather conditions. The case was classed A, meaning 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
- January 27, 1989
- Location
- Creuse · region only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Stars
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1989-01-01165
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.