Sighting in Criel-sur-Mer, April 15, 1976
Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
Sighting on April 15, 1976 in Criel-sur-Mer (Seine-Maritime, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
A witness noticed an orange-colored luminous phenomenon sometime between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. It stayed motionless for about two minutes above the bell tower of a church located two kilometers away. No particular noise was heard. The light then vanished suddenly.
No one else reported seeing the phenomenon. GEIPAN classified the case as C, since the information available is insufficient to offer an explanation.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- April 15, 1976
- Location
- Criel-sur-Mer · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1976-04-00299
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