Sighting in Privas, September 24, 1990
Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on September 24, 1990 in Privas (Ardèche, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
At about 10:15 p.m., five witnesses noticed three luminous balls in the sky. They were a yellowish white and had blurred edges, as though seen through clouds, and the witnesses were puzzled by what they were looking at.
A sixth witness, who lived in a neighbouring locality, provided the explanation: the lights were the reflection on the clouds of three large floodlights set on the ground. GEIPAN accepted this explanation and classified the case as A, meaning identified: the luminous balls were light reflected off the cloud cover.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 24, 1990
- Location
- Privas · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1990-09-01216
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.