Sighting in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, January 12, 1989
Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
Sighting on January 12, 1989 in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville (Seine-Maritime, France). After investigation, GEIPAN considers this phenomenon unexplained (class D).
What happened
A woman was driving at night when she noticed, above the marshes and about 30 metres up, a cylindrical shape that she described as enormous. The top of the object carried a dome giving off a yellow light, and its base was lined with a row of glowing red and white portholes. The object made no sound at all.
As her car went past, the object went dark, then lit up again a few seconds later, much higher in the sky. The whole sighting lasted only a few seconds.
The investigation turned up no further information and could not identify the phenomenon. GEIPAN therefore classed the case as D, unexplained.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 12, 1989
- Location
- Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- D
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1989-01-01162
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