UFO sightings by place

UFO sightings in Paris: 56 reports

SkyUnknown lists 56 UFO sightings in Paris, from 1956 to 2025, drawn from official records: GEIPAN (CNES). The busiest year was 2010, with 5 cases.

Of the 56 cases with a conclusion from their source, 68% are explained (with certainty or probably), 32% lack the data to conclude, and 0 remains unidentified. The most frequent identified causes: sky lanterns (8); aircraft (7); balloons (7).

cases: 56
unidentified: 0
period: 1956–2025
source: 1

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Identified causes

For cases explained with certainty or probably.

All sightings

Date	Place	Status	Identified cause
June 22, 2025	Paris	Explained	Balloons
September 26, 2024	Paris	Probably explained	Ground lights and lasers
September 19, 2024	Paris	Probably explained	Reflections and photo artefacts
February 6, 2024	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
November 7, 2022	Paris	Explained	Reflections and photo artefacts
February 15, 2022	Paris	Explained	Planets
December 9, 2020	Paris	Insufficient data
August 25, 2019	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
April 28, 2019	Paris	Explained	Aircraft
August 21, 2017	Paris	Explained	Aircraft
May 20, 2017	Paris	Probably explained
February 14, 2017	Paris	Probably explained	Planets
September 7, 2015	Paris	Probably explained	Aircraft
August 23, 2015	Paris	Probably explained	Ground lights and lasers
May 17, 2015	Paris	Insufficient data
May 4, 2015	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
January 13, 2015	Paris	Explained	Aircraft
August 21, 2014	Paris	Explained	Aircraft
June 23, 2014	Paris	Insufficient data
January 9, 2014	Paris	Explained	Aircraft
December 15, 2013	Paris	Explained	Planets
June 16, 2013	Paris	Probably explained	Reflections and photo artefacts
May 7, 2013	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
January 1, 2013	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
December 1, 2012	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
August 8, 2012	Paris	Probably explained
June 20, 2012	Paris	Explained	Space station (ISS)
March 23, 2012	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
January 27, 2012	Paris	Insufficient data
December 20, 2011	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
December 2, 2011	Paris	Insufficient data
September 24, 2011	Paris	Probably explained	Meteors and fireballs
May 13, 2011	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
April 7, 2011	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
December 5, 2010	Paris	Probably explained	Aircraft
September 19, 2010	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
June 26, 2010	Paris	Insufficient data
June 5, 2010	Paris	Explained	Sky lanterns
May 23, 2010	Paris	Insufficient data
October 18, 2009	Paris	Insufficient data
September 9, 2009	Paris	Insufficient data
September 7, 2009	Paris	Insufficient data
August 13, 2009	Paris	Insufficient data
September 28, 2008	Paris	Insufficient data
July 30, 2008	Paris	Probably explained	Balloons
June 13, 2008	Paris	Probably explained	Sky lanterns
March 9, 2008	Paris	Explained	Reflections and photo artefacts
March 26, 2007	Paris	Insufficient data
August 24, 1997	Paris	Insufficient data
February 22, 1995	Paris	Insufficient data
September 5, 1988	Paris	Probably explained
April 5, 1980	Paris	Explained	Meteors and fireballs
December 12, 1979	Paris	Insufficient data
September 30, 1978	Paris	Insufficient data
November 4, 1977	Paris	Insufficient data
November 15, 1956	Paris	Probably explained

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The figures on this page are computed from the official records cited on each case. See sources and method