Loiret, France · 2000-10-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
Pilot witness in Loiret, France
On October 8, 2000 at 17:04 UTC, the pilot and co-pilot of a flight bound for Grenoble, during the climb phase, observed the very rapid passage (a few tenths of a second) of a round object a few meters above the cockpit. The crew feared a collision of the object with the rear tail section. No balloon could be identified. The hypothesis of a large bird (goose) was also raised, but the investigation did not make it possible to identify this observation, which endangered the safety of the flight.
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On January 7, 2000 at around 7:20 PM, the pilot of an airplane bound for Casablanca observed, at a short distance below his aircraft, two balloons, one blue and one white, carrying a load re…
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This observation case is one of those classified as "D" in 2000 by SEPRA. It was re-examined (see the document Investigation Notes).
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On January 23, 1983, between 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., several witnesses observed a gray-black phenomenon in the sky at an estimated altitude of 2,500 meters. The object was elongated or "v"-…
On November 22, 1981, between 7:40 and 8:00 a.m., several people are on the ring road at the airfield. Daylight has not fully broken but visibility is good. Suddenly they see a red-orange ba…
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