Sighting in Saint-André-de-l'Eure, January 15, 1989

Shortly before 9 p.m., after watching the television weather broadcast, which mentioned that planets might be visible that evening, the witness went outside with their children to look at the sky through high-magnification binoculars. They spotted a bright point of light, which they described as a shimmering oval shape. It moved while twinkling, in a way they compared to a caterpillar.

The gendarmes who were called to the scene also saw a twinkling point of light, but could not make out any definite shape.

GEIPAN classified the case as B (probably identified). The investigation concluded that the witness most likely observed a very bright planet or star, and that the effects described were probably due to the movement of the high-magnification binoculars.