Sighting in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, March 9, 1997
Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on March 9, 1997 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Landes, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
A witness saw an object in the sky sometime between 5:00 and 5:30 in the morning. It appeared about the size of a pea and moved in a zigzag pattern, leaving a white trail behind it. It then came to a stop. The source gives no further details about the sighting, such as the weather, the exact duration, the direction of travel or how the object disappeared.
GEIPAN classified the case as C: the available data are insufficient to offer an explanation.
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 9, 1997
- Location
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1997-03-01450
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.