Sighting in Seysses, June 3, 2009
Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
Sighting on June 3, 2009 in Seysses (Haute-Garonne, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was an aircraft (plane, helicopter…) (class A).
What happened
At about 7 p.m. one evening, a witness who was a keen photographer took a picture of the sky showing the Moon and a white trail left by an aircraft. The witness could not say whether it was 3 or 4 June. They noticed nothing unusual at the time. Two days later, while looking at the photograph, they found a detail that struck them as odd and described it as "parallel bars".
The investigation showed that the witness had photographed an airliner in motion, which accounts for the look of these bars. Engine trails, by contrast, appear as features that seem to be stationary. GEIPAN classified the case as A: the photograph shows luminous trails left by an aircraft.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- June 3, 2009
- Location
- Seysses · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Aircraft
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-06-02535
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.