Sighting in Vatan, August 17, 1993
Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Sighting on August 17, 1993 in Vatan (Indre, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
At around 11 p.m., two witnesses noticed two white lights in the sky, together with flashing red lights. The whole thing moved slowly, and no sound could be heard.
The investigation quickly established that a military DC 8 aircraft that had flown in from England was looking for its landing runway that evening. It had made wide loops over the area in question. The white lights were its headlights, and the flashing red lights were its signalling lights. GEIPAN classified the case as A: it was an aircraft in the landing phase.
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 17, 1993
- Location
- Vatan · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1993-08-01323
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.