Sighting in Donchery, September 1979
Ardennes, Grand Est, France
Sighting in September 1979 in Donchery (Ardennes, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
Throughout September 1979 and up to 4 October, a witness and their spouse repeatedly noticed points of light in the sky that puzzled them. The lights could be seen when the sky was clear, between 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. They were red, green and white, and they blinked. Taken together, they looked like a ball.
Gendarmes who were on night duty on several occasions saw nothing similar. No other witness account was gathered about the phenomenon.
The GEIPAN classified the case as C: there is too little information to determine what the witnesses saw.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 1979
- Location
- Donchery · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1979-10-00666
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.