Sighting in Ormoy-la-Rivière, December 29, 1978
Essonne, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on December 29, 1978 in Ormoy-la-Rivière (Essonne, France). After investigation, GEIPAN considers this phenomenon unexplained (class D).
What happened
At around 10:45 p.m., a witness saw a luminous object moving across the sky. It passed into a cloud, where it gave off a flash of light. It then climbed rapidly and turned red. All the witness could see after that was a red dot, which eventually disappeared.
No other witness account was gathered about this sighting. The GEIPAN summarised the case as the observation of a luminous object that changed direction, and classified it as D, unexplained.
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 29, 1978
- Location
- Ormoy-la-Rivière · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- D
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1978-12-00584
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.