An account in Aube, France

On February 5, 2009, between 8:45 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., a motorist observed an intense glow in the sky. Intrigued, he pulled over and took photos of the UAP with his camera. The observation lasted between 10 and 12 minutes, during which the UAP appeared stationary. The observation of the UAP was covered in press articles in the newspapers L'Est Éclair and Libération Champagne. Of low strangeness, but with sufficient consistency (numerous coherent and precise details lending credibility to the case, photos), this case turns out to be a classic misidentification with a perfectly known astronomical object: the planet Venus. Moreover, Venus was indeed present in the area of sky observed, although the witness does not mention it, and it was particularly bright. It is not the witness's visual perception that is at issue, but the interpretation the witness makes of his observation through his feelings (astonishment, night driving). This case is classified as A, misidentification with the planet Venus.

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.