Gironde, France · 2013-03-08 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Gironde, France
On March 8, 2013 at around 7 p.m., a female driver is intrigued by an intense light in the sky coming from a round shape that moves north and disappears in a fraction of a second. No other testimony was collected.
Of average strangeness and low consistency (single witness, short-duration observation), this case may be a possible misidentification with a balloon, flying in the direction of the wind, or a reflection of car headlights on a power line (see investigation report).
However, the low quality of the testimony and a few contradictory details (weather, difference between the two sketches of the UAP) prevent the formal identification of the UAP.
It is not the witness's visual perception that is in question, but the interpretation that the witness makes of their observation through their feelings (astonishment, short-duration observation).
This case is classified C, due to lack of data, although hypotheses fit.
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