Sighting in Rambouillet, January 7, 2000
Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Sighting from an aircraft on January 7, 2000 in Rambouillet (Yvelines, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a balloon (class B).
What happened
At about 7:20 p.m., the pilot of an A320 flying to Casablanca saw two balloons pass a short distance below the aircraft. One was blue and the other white, and together they carried a payload that looked like a radar reflector.
After a complaint was filed, Météo-France stated that these were not weather radiosondes. Inquiries made with the military produced no new information. There seems to be little doubt that the objects were balloons, but where they came from could not be established. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as B: probably identified.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 7, 2000
- Location
- Rambouillet · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From an aircraft
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Balloons
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2000-01-01541
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