Sighting in Le Tampon, April 3, 1982
La Réunion, France
Sighting on April 3, 1982 in Le Tampon (La Réunion, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
Several people saw a coloured light moving very slowly across the sky along a north-south axis. The source gives no information on the time, the duration, the shape or the apparent size.
The director of the volcanological observatory considered that the phenomenon was probably an object re-entering the atmosphere, either a natural one (a meteorite) or one of human origin (part of a craft). GEIPAN adopted this explanation and classified the case as B, meaning 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
- April 3, 1982
- Location
- Le Tampon · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1982-04-01675
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.