Sighting in La Tour-de-Salvagny, September 4, 1977
Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on September 4, 1977 in La Tour-de-Salvagny (Rhône, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At around 11 p.m., two witnesses noticed an unusual phenomenon in the sky: a very bright white ball moving fast. It drew away and disappeared from their view. The sighting lasted only a few seconds, and no sound was heard while it lasted.
The gendarmerie was unable to make any findings about the phenomenon. GEIPAN classified the case as C (insufficient data) because of the lack of information: it was the passage of a silent luminous object, with nothing more to go on.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 4, 1977
- Location
- La Tour-de-Salvagny · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1977-09-00428
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.