Paris, France · 2012-08-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at around 9:30 PM, a witness is intrigued by the presence of an orange light source in the sky. It suddenly disappears, and the witness then observes a dark circular object that abruptly changes trajectory. The object disappears into the urban landscape. The observation in the sky of an orange luminous object 10 minutes after sunset (9:17 PM) clearly suggests the reflection of the sun on an airplane (see attached GEIPAN example). There are many airplanes in the Paris region at that time. The extinguishing of the light corresponds to the airplane passing into shadow. GEIPAN classifies this case as "B": probable observation of the sun's reflection on an airplane.
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