Sighting in La Rochelle, October 1989
Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting from an aircraft in October 1989 in La Rochelle (Doubs, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
An air traffic control officer wrote a report after receiving a telephone call from a witness. The witness said they had been watching a luminous phenomenon for several days: two points of light, one red and one green, hung motionless above the airfield.
No further information could be gathered. GEIPAN classed the case as C (insufficient data) and concluded that it was an observation of points of light.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- October 1989
- Location
- La Rochelle · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From an aircraft
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1989-10-01185
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.