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Sighting in Saint-Fons, December 6, 1978

Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Sighting on December 6, 1978 in Saint-Fons (Rhône, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).

What happened

Sometime between 6 and 9 December 1978, a witness was on their way home from work when they noticed a luminous shape in the sky. It was moving very slowly from east to south. The report gives no exact time, duration, colour or apparent size for the shape, and says nothing about the weather.

No other witness account was collected about this phenomenon. With so little information available, GEIPAN could neither identify it nor offer an explanation, and the case was classified C (insufficient data). The stated conclusion is limited to successive observations of a luminous 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
December 6, 1978
Location
Saint-Fons · town centre
Type of sighting
From the ground
Source classification
C

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.