Sighting in Paris, December 5, 2010
Île-de-France, France
Sighting on December 5, 2010, exact location not given (département: Paris, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably an aircraft (plane, helicopter…) (class B).
What happened
At around 11:45 p.m., a driver and their passenger noticed an object in the sky that they could not account for. It was cylindrical in shape, with a light at each end, front and back, and it crossed the sky.
In the questionnaire they completed, the witness themselves suggested an explanation: the two approach lights of an aircraft, seen through a hazy, polluted sky above the Paris urban area. GEIPAN considered this interpretation probable and classified the case as B, a probable sighting of an aircraft passing by. Because the questionnaire contained few details, the investigation could not take the analysis any further.
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 5, 2010
- Location
- Paris · region only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Aircraft
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-12-02687
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.