Sighting in Noisy-le-Sec, December 1988

A witness came forward in February 2011 to report a very old sighting, which they placed at the end of December 1988. They described a luminous phenomenon that crossed the sky leaving a trail behind it, on a straight path. The witness gave neither the day nor the exact time of the observation, and the date used for the file was set arbitrarily.

Given the lack of detail and the long delay before the report, no investigation could be carried out. The features described could nevertheless match a national case of 21 December 1988, seen by many witnesses: the atmospheric re-entry of a piece of the tank of the Cosmos 1954 satellite, a case published on the GEIPAN website. Without a precise date, this link cannot be confirmed. The case is therefore classified C, insufficient data, investigation impossible.