Sighting in Narbonne, August 21, 2015

At 11:13 pm, the witness was by the sea when movement in the sky caught their eye. They saw three white, star-shaped luminous forms arranged in an isosceles triangle. The whole formation moved in a straight line and made no noise. The witness looked away to call another person and never found the phenomenon in the sky again. The sighting lasted about 7 seconds. Only one account was collected.

GEIPAN considered the case to be of moderate strangeness but sufficient consistency. It may be a misidentification of a group of white birds flying together and lit by a nearby light source. The proximity of the sea and the illuminated bollard the witness mentioned fit this idea. The hypothesis remains fragile, however: it cannot be checked and there are no other witnesses. The very short duration of the sighting also limits the precision of the data. The case is classified B (probably identified), with white birds lit by urban lighting as the possible explanation.