Sighting in Saint-Benoît, September 4, 1982
La Réunion, France
Sighting on September 4, 1982 in Saint-Benoît (La Réunion, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At around 2 a.m., several witnesses noticed a luminous mass hanging motionless above a factory. They described it as a kind of triangle with red and gold lights whose brightness varied. The mass then began to move slowly and without any noise, and drifted away toward the sea.
No further information about the phenomenon was collected. Because the data were insufficient, GEIPAN classed the case as C, meaning the investigation could not establish an explanation or identify what had been seen.
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 4, 1982
- Location
- Saint-Benoît · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1982-09-00940
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.