Sighting in Taverny, August 7, 1980
Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on August 7, 1980 in Taverny (Val-d'Oise, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
Several witnesses saw a yellow-orange luminous phenomenon pass over a radio relay station at the F.N.S base, first at around 9:40 pm and again at around 10:45 pm on the same evening. Both times it moved at very high speed while climbing in altitude. The witnesses noticed no sound.
A check at the site found no marks on the vegetation. No other witness account of the phenomenon was collected.
GEIPAN concluded that the witnesses had observed a silent luminous phenomenon moving rapidly. Because there was not enough information to go further, the case was classified C (insufficient data).
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 7, 1980
- Location
- Taverny · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1980-08-00784
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