Sighting in Douai, March 31, 2001
Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Sighting on March 31, 2001 in Douai (Nord, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
During the night of 31 March to 1 April, and again the following night, several witnesses noticed a bright point of light that looked larger than a star to them. Through binoculars, they saw coloured flickering inside the point. The phenomenon made no noise and stayed visible for several hours.
The GEIPAN classed the case as B, probably identified: the witnesses most likely saw particularly bright stars.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 31, 2001
- Location
- Douai · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2001-04-01563
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.