Sighting in Saint-Maixent-l'École, March 16, 1978
Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on March 16, 1978 in Saint-Maixent-l'École (Deux-Sèvres, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
Around 10 p.m., several witnesses noticed an oval-shaped object in the sky. It twinkled and gave off red-orange light. It came from the north-east and moved horizontally toward the south-west at low altitude, making no sound. It eventually disappeared from the witnesses' view, hidden by the landscape.
The GEIPAN classified the case as C, meaning the available data were insufficient to offer an explanation. The investigation only recorded the sighting of an oval object moving silently in a horizontal path.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 16, 1978
- Location
- Saint-Maixent-l'École · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1978-03-00499
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.