Sighting in Firminy, August 30, 1997
Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on August 30, 1997 in Firminy (Loire, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
Around midnight, during the night of 29 to 30 August 1997, several witnesses were alerted by the unusual behavior of the animals on the farm. They went to see what was happening and noticed a white, rounded glow. It had an outer hoop, and its inside was studded with small circles of light. Beams of light shone from it toward the ground, and the whole thing moved while spinning on itself.
At 2 a.m., as the witnesses were about to go to bed, the phenomenon was still there.
Nothing in the investigation could confirm it, but the observation was most likely the reflection on the clouds of an advertising laser projector, which can operate within a radius of 8 to 10 km. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as B, probably 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
- August 30, 1997
- Location
- Firminy · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1997-09-01473
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.