Sighting in Planès, August 28, 1976
Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Sighting on August 28, 1976 in Planès (Pyrénées-Orientales, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At about 4:30 a.m., a witness who had a dog along observed a luminous phenomenon crossing an overcast sky. It was a ball with a bright red center. It passed quickly and silently overhead, then vanished behind the landscape. The dog was frightened.
Shortly afterward, the witness noticed a white glow shaped like a half circle, motionless behind a screen of trees, in the direction in which the phenomenon had disappeared.
No trace was found at the site and no other witness account was reported. Because of the lack of information, GEIPAN classified the case as C (insufficient data): it was the observation of a luminous phenomenon passing through the sky.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 28, 1976
- Location
- Planès · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1976-08-00337
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.