Sighting in Saint-Astier, August 3, 1981
Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on August 3, 1981 in Saint-Astier (Dordogne, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
Around 10:45 in the evening, several people noticed a luminous object moving in a zigzag pattern at very high altitude. It travelled from east to west at great speed and gave off flashing lights, white and red. The witnesses heard no noise while watching it, and the sighting lasted less than five minutes.
The GEIPAN classified the case as C: there was too little data to put forward any explanation for the phenomenon.
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 3, 1981
- Location
- Saint-Astier · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1981-08-00881
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.