Sighting in Nantes, December 15, 1979
Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Sighting on December 15, 1979 in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique, France). After investigation, GEIPAN considers this phenomenon unexplained (class D).
What happened
At about 2 a.m., a witness was at home on the third floor of an apartment building when they saw an orange, phosphorescent object in the sky. It looked like a cigar standing upright. It moved silently from north to south, then vanished among the buildings of the city.
No other witness came forward. With no explanation found, GEIPAN classified the case as D (unexplained): the investigation could only record the observation of a phosphorescent, cigar-shaped object.
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 15, 1979
- Location
- Nantes · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- D
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1979-12-01872
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