Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France · 2014-09-17 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 17, 2014 at 9:03 PM, a witness from his home observes and films a multicolored luminous phenomenon that intrigues him. The observation lasts about two minutes before the UAP, moving along a curved trajectory, disappears. No other testimony was collected. That day, the weather was very unsettled: wind reversal between 8 PM and 9 PM. The video shows a luminous phenomenon that has all the characteristics of a helicopter maneuvering: a white strobe light flashing once per second is noted, characteristic of aircraft and helicopters in night flight. The change in appearance is due to the variety of angles the helicopter presents during its maneuver, successively revealing one light, then two, with its green position light (on the right side of the aircraft). GEIPAN did not make the requests in time to get confirmation of this hypothesis from air traffic control. GEIPAN classifies the case as slightly unusual in category "B": strong presumption of a helicopter maneuvering over Bayonne.
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