Sighting in Villard-de-Lans, March 12, 1982
Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on March 12, 1982 in Villard-de-Lans (Isère, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
At about 6:30 a.m., a witness noticed a very bright glow in the sky. Looking through binoculars, they made out a ball with irregular outlines, dotted with small points of light. During the observation, the object changed position and color.
No further information could be gathered about the phenomenon. GEIPAN classified the case as C, meaning insufficient data, and recorded it as the sighting of a glow and of an object that moved.
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 12, 1982
- Location
- Villard-de-Lans · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1982-03-00923
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.