Sighting in Falaise, February 24, 1985
Calvados, Normandie, France
Sighting on February 24, 1985 in Falaise (Calvados, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
At around 7:30 p.m., several witnesses in the same area saw a pinkish-red ball falling toward the ground. An explosion was also heard.
The investigation showed that a person had fired a distress flare, with no particular purpose. What the witnesses had taken for a pinkish-red ball was the flare's red-pink smoke, followed by the parachute drifting in the wind. GEIPAN classified the case as A (identified): the fall of a red ball.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- February 24, 1985
- Location
- Falaise · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1985-02-01062
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