Sighting in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (83) 0, October 9, 1989
France
Sighting on October 9, 1989 in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (83) 0 (France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At around 5 a.m., the witness was in their garden when they noticed a cylindrical flying object about 100 metres away. According to the witness, it was roughly 1.5 metres in diameter and 30 metres tall.
The sighting lasted 6 minutes. The object was orange in its central part, and its colour shifted to yellow and then white toward the edges.
The investigation found no other witnesses and no traces at the site. GEIPAN classified the case as C: there was not enough data to explain the phenomenon, which therefore remains 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
- October 9, 1989
- Location
- Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (83) 0 · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1981-10-01680
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