Sighting in Metz, December 3, 1979
Moselle, Grand Est, France
Sighting on December 3, 1979 in Metz (Moselle, France). After investigation, GEIPAN considers this phenomenon unexplained (class D).
What happened
At around 4:50 p.m., two witnesses saw a triangular object trailing two streaks of red smoke. As it passed over a radio relay tower, the object stopped for a few seconds and then moved off again. The two witnesses watched it until it was out of sight, and the red smoke remained visible right up to the end of the observation.
At the same moment, a third witness noticed a very bright point. No correlation could be established between that sighting and the one made by the other two.
The investigation could not identify any air traffic matching what was observed. The case remained unexplained and was classified D by GEIPAN.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- December 3, 1979
- Location
- Metz · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- D
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1979-12-01703
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.