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Sighting in Hérault, July 27, 2008

Occitanie, France

Sighting on July 27, 2008, exact location not given (département: Hérault, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).

What happened

On 23 April 2009, the mayor of a small municipality handed over to the gendarmerie a CD and a letter, both addressed to the town hall. The CD held two photographs taken on 27 July 2008 by someone on holiday in the area. One of them showed a black spot in the landscape. No resident of the municipality had reported anything unusual that day.

The person who took the photographs came to the gendarmerie on 11 August 2009. They explained that they had taken the pictures at around 10:45 during their holiday, and had later found a sphere and a disc in them. They stated that they had noticed nothing unusual while taking the photos.

GEIPAN classified the case as C, insufficient data. The witness had seen nothing directly when the pictures were taken, and there was no other testimony or information, so any investigation of the phenomenon was difficult, if not impossible.

Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.

Date
July 27, 2008
Location
Hérault · region only
Type of sighting
From the ground
Source classification
C

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.