Sighting in Noyant-la-Gravoyère, January 2, 1979
Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Sighting on January 2, 1979 in Noyant-la-Gravoyère (Maine-et-Loire, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
One evening at about 7:30 p.m., a witness noticed an unusual luminous phenomenon in the sky to the north-northeast. They watched it through binoculars for about twenty minutes and saw an orange fireball, about the size of a fist at arm's length. They heard no sound. The phenomenon eventually vanished into the clouds.
No one else came forward to report seeing it. The GEIPAN classified the case as C, insufficient data, because there was not enough information to reach a conclusion. Its conclusion describes it as a prolonged observation of a bright ball.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 2, 1979
- Location
- Noyant-la-Gravoyère · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1979-01-00589
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.