Sighting in Sisteron, August 2002
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sighting in August 2002 in Sisteron (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
In early August 2002, at around 8:30 pm, a motorist saw an object crossing the sky, moving slowly in a straight line towards the south-east. It was cylindrical and brown, travelled without making any noise, and left a short trail behind it. The witness took a photograph with a film camera, then phoned the gendarmerie to report what they described as a rocket heading from the north-west to the south-east.
The witness found the photograph again several years later and sent GEIPAN a questionnaire and two photographs on 13 February 2011. The exact day of the sighting was not given, so GEIPAN arbitrarily dated it to 1 August 2002. No other witness account was collected.
GEIPAN classified the case as C (insufficient data): the report came in too late for any investigation to be possible, and there was not enough information to identify the object.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 2002
- Location
- Sisteron · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2002-08-02720
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