Sighting in France, February 22, 1999
Sighting on February 22, 1999, exact location not given (France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
On two consecutive evenings, at around 7:15 pm and then around 7:30 pm, several witnesses noticed one or two bright points of light hanging motionless in the sky. The points looked three or four times larger than a star, which puzzled the people watching them.
The investigation established that what they had seen was the conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter, a natural phenomenon that had been announced in the media. The case was classified A, meaning 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
- February 22, 1999
- Location
- France · country only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1999-02-01526
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