Pilot witness in Ille-et-Vilaine, France

This observation case is one of those classified as "D" in 2000 by SEPRA. It was re-examined (see the document Investigation Notes). On February 11, 2000 at 3:45 a.m., a motorist on his way to work suddenly observes about 30 meters above the ground an elongated object shaped like an aircraft engine surrounded by a kind of yellow flames and followed by a very large yellow trail that was not dazzling. The object moves slowly on a horizontal trajectory, with no noise at all. The witness stops and gets out of his car, but the phenomenon has already disappeared: in fact, the witness only caught sight of it for the time it took to pass in front of his car. During the investigation, no air traffic was identified, nor any disturbance on the nearby power lines. This case is consistent, the description of the observed UAP is fairly precise. The sincerity and credibility of the witness have never been questioned. It is not the witness's visual perception that is at issue, but the interpretation the witness makes of his observation through his feelings (night driving, astonishment, surprise at not seeing an aircraft shape). The described phenomenon shares many common characteristics (observation duration, shape, size, color, movement...) with a known astronomical phenomenon: a bolide. In the current GEIPAN classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as UAP B, probable observation linked to a natural bolide.