Sighting in Villerbon, May 14, 2014
Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Sighting on May 14, 2014 in Villerbon (Loir-et-Cher, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was an aircraft (plane, helicopter…) (class A).
What happened
The witness noticed a cigar-shaped phenomenon right next to an airliner. They ruled out a shadow and thought the aircraft and an unidentified aerospace phenomenon were flying together in formation.
The GEIPAN investigation pointed to several factors: the witness, the aircraft and the sun were positioned in a way that allows a shadow to be cast; similar cases are already known; the aircraft and the phenomenon moved together; the phenomenon looked slightly larger than the aircraft; and clouds were present in the immediate vicinity.
The case was classified A: it was definitely the aircraft's shadow falling on a layer of non-condensed microparticles at a similar altitude to the plane.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- May 14, 2014
- Location
- Villerbon · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Aircraft
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-05-08699
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.