Sighting in Neuvy-le-Roi, December 7, 1979

At around 9:15 p.m., several motorists driving in the same area noticed a luminous phenomenon in the sky that intrigued them. It seemed to them to move at low altitude, toward the east. The witnesses described it in different ways: some saw a ball, others a parachute, and others a capital L. The investigation turned up nothing more, apart from barking heard coming from a farm nearby.

The case was considered consistent, since the witnesses were independent of one another and the description of the phenomenon was precise. Their sincerity and credibility were never questioned. The phenomenon they described shared many features with the Moon at moonrise: duration of observation, shape, size and color. The Moon was also present in the part of the sky where they were looking. The witnesses' eyesight was not at issue; rather, it was the way they interpreted what they saw, shaped by how they felt (tiredness, driving at night). GEIPAN classified this low-strangeness case as A, a misidentification of the Moon.