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On July 1, 1965 at 5:45 a.m., a farmer in his lavender field hears a whistling sound that intrigues him. He moves to see that a dark, matte device unknown to him is resting on the ground.
no. 1 · GEIPAN case 70 · classification D
Official case files
The 123 cases France could not explain
GEIPAN is the unit inside CNES, the French space agency, that has officially investigated UFO reports since 1977. It is the opposite of credulous: after investigation every case receives a classification, and most of the archive is France explaining things. This page is the part it could not.
123
cases classified D or D1, unidentified after investigation, out of 2,768 public cases spanning 1937 to 2018. Not unread, not unassessed. Investigated by a government agency, and left unexplained by it.
How France sorts what it investigates
| A, fully identified | 595 | strangeness 0.14 |
| B, probably identified | 1,108 | strangeness 0.36 |
| C, not enough data to conclude | 942 | strangeness 0.49 |
| D, unidentified after investigation | 87 | strangeness 0.72 |
| D1, unidentified after investigation, with solid data | 36 | strangeness 0.63 |
GEIPAN also scores every case for strangeness, from 0 to 1, separately from how well it could be identified. The two rise together: the average identified case (A) scores 0.14, and the average unexplained case (D) scores 0.72. The cases France could not explain are also the ones its own investigators rated strangest, which is what you would expect if the classification is doing real work rather than filing the weird ones under unexplained by reflex.
Every case below keeps its GEIPAN reference, so anything here can be checked against the original French record at geipan.fr. The English is machine translation and says so on every account, with the original French preserved alongside. 122 of the 123 have full pages here; the remainder fell below the length threshold every archive account must meet.
The cases, strangest first
Ordered by GEIPAN’s own strangeness score, which is the number in the margin. The scoring is theirs, not ours.
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On January 7, 1978 at around 4:50 a.m., a witness traveling on a moped saw three very bright lights at ground level.
no. 2 · GEIPAN case 571 · classification D
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On February 28, 1978, between 7:30 PM and 7:40 PM, a female motorist and her son saw a very bright orange object moving at high speed in the sky from north to south.
no. 3 · GEIPAN case 590 · classification D
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On April 27, 1978, at around 10 p.m., a motorist observed three blinking red lights 100 meters above the ground.
no. 4 · GEIPAN case 614 · classification D
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On August 20, 1978, from about 10:50 PM to 11:15 PM, 5 military personnel observed the passage and hovering of an object above a building that intrigued them.
no. 5 · GEIPAN case 647 · classification D
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On October 3, 1978, at around 2 a.m., a person on a moped is startled by a strong glow above a woods. The witness then sees a cigar-shaped object, red-orange in color, surrounded by bright green.
no. 6 · GEIPAN case 662 · classification D
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On October 23, 1978, at around 8 p.m., a witness, accompanied by his frightened dog, observed for several minutes the movements of a luminous object projecting an orange-colored light.
no. 7 · GEIPAN case 672 · classification D
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On December 26, 1978 at around 10:45 p.m., a witness observed the movements of a luminous object in the sky. Passing through a cloud, this object emitted a luminous phenomenon and rose at rapid speed into the sky, taking on a red color.
no. 8 · GEIPAN case 697 · classification D
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On March 18, 1979 at around 9:15 PM, a female driver and her passenger saw a dark object, fluorescent gray in color, shaped like a rocket, three meters above the expressway. This silent object was moving slowly northward.
no. 9 · GEIPAN case 727 · classification D
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On July 13, 1979, at around 11:30 PM, witnesses saw an object in the sky that drew their attention. A ball the size of a soccer ball and orange-red in color was moving at high altitude.
no. 10 · GEIPAN case 778 · classification D
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On July 16, 1979, at around 9:40 PM, two people observed a luminous object in the sky. This object was trapezoidal in shape, dark in color, with four lights at the front and a red light at the rear.
no. 11 · GEIPAN case 776 · classification D
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On September 19, 1979 at 10 p.m., two witnesses out jogging observe in the sky a red glow in the shape of a ball that sparkles like a star. Suddenly this glow moves at a dizzying speed to approach the witnesses.
no. 12 · GEIPAN case 794 · classification D
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On September 23, 1979, at around 6 a.m., several people observed in the sky a luminous point moving without noise in a northeast direction. This point emitted green and red colors.
no. 13 · GEIPAN case 796 · classification D
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On November 14, 1979 at around 5:42 p.m., a witness, an Air Force officer on leave, observes unusual luminous phenomena in the clear sky.
no. 14 · GEIPAN case 819 · classification D
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On December 2, 1979 at around 6:30 PM, a couple of witnesses observed 8 craft the size of an airplane emitting a whistling sound. These objects emitted flashing lights, red, green, blue, and yellow.
no. 15 · GEIPAN case 856 · classification D
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On December 3, 1979, at around 4:50 p.m., two witnesses observed a triangular-shaped object emitting two trails of red smoke. As it passed over a radio tower, the object stopped for a few seconds before moving on.
no. 16 · GEIPAN case 855 · classification D
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On December 8, 1979, two witnesses from their home saw at 9:52 a.m. an object shaped like a crescent, dark blue and white, with no shine. It measured 4 to 5 meters in height. No noise and no particular light were noticed.
no. 17 · GEIPAN case 842 · classification D
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On December 15, 1979 at around 2 a.m., a witness observed from the third floor of his apartment a phosphorescent orange object in the sky. It had the shape of a cigar in a vertical position and moved silently from north to south.
no. 18 · GEIPAN case 860 · classification D
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On January 1, 1980, several military personnel on duty sighted a luminous phenomenon in the sky on three occasions. A small orange ball appeared suddenly and successively at 11:16 PM, 11:33 PM, and then 11:46 PM.
no. 19 · GEIPAN case 868 · classification D
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On January 13, 1980 at around 7:10 a.m., a motorist passing through Charente-Maritime spotted a saucer-shaped craft. Stationary, the object was about 5 to 6 meters in diameter, and lights were flashing at its edges.
no. 20 · GEIPAN case 875 · classification D
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On January 24, 1980, between 6:05 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., a witness claims to have observed the arrival and departure of an unidentified flying object.
no. 21 · GEIPAN case 877 · classification D
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On March 27, 1980 at around 10 p.m., a motorist and his passenger see a dark triangular-shaped mass in the sky. At each end, flashing red and white lights give the object's span: according to the witness, it reaches 50 meters.
no. 22 · GEIPAN case 916 · classification D
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On April 5, 1980 at around 10:45 PM, a witness observed a luminous white ball rising in bursts in the sky, leaving behind a white trail. After rising, the object moved horizontally at very high speed before disappearing.
no. 23 · GEIPAN case 932 · classification D
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On May 8, 1980 at around 9:15 PM, alerted by her frightened dog and the neighborhood dogs barking abnormally, a witness saw a peculiar object above her neighbors' house.
no. 24 · GEIPAN case 936 · classification D
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On May 26, 1980 at around 7 p.m., two walkers spotted an unusual object in the clear sky.
no. 25 · GEIPAN case 942 · classification D
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On August 16, 1980, at around 3:30 a.m., while returning from a public dance, a witness observed above a field an object shaped like a mushroom cap. With a diameter of 15 meters, it emitted a fairly intense red light.
no. 26 · GEIPAN case 968 · classification D
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On December 3, 1980, at around 11 p.m., a motorist saw, 150 meters ahead of him, a circular object of large dimensions. Fluorescent green in color, it was stationary 10 meters above the road.
no. 27 · GEIPAN case 1012 · classification D
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On January 1, 1981, at around 9:40 PM, two police officers spotted a luminous phenomenon that intrigued them. Between 100 and 150 meters up in the sky, a yellow-orange glow was flickering.
no. 28 · GEIPAN case 1026 · classification D
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On January 8, 1981, the witness is on the upper terrace of his property and is working on building a small masonry structure to protect a pump.
no. 29 · GEIPAN case 1027 · classification D
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On September 19, October 3, and October 27, 1981, witnesses sighted, in the same Franco-Spanish border area, a luminous object moving in the sky between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.
no. 30 · GEIPAN case 1070 · classification D
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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.
no. 31 · GEIPAN case 1086 · classification D
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On April 21, 1982 at around 11 p.m., several CB radio operators spread across an entire sector called each other about a point shining in a particular way. Through binoculars, this object appeared triangular, emitting an intense light.
no. 32 · GEIPAN case 1117 · classification D
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On July 29, 1987 at around 6:45 a.m., two witnesses in a car saw a large, bright white mass moving rapidly above the communal forest. This mass had the color of polished metal and was approximately 20 meters long.
no. 33 · GEIPAN case 1301 · classification D
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On January 26, 1988 at 9:15 PM, a witness observed several times an imposing object flying at low altitude, whose shape reminded him of a helmet with two wings. No noise was heard during the object's movements.
no. 34 · GEIPAN case 1317 · classification D
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On December 16, 1988, in the Cambrai region, at sunset, a female student driving her car observed a round, silent object hovering about 20 meters above a field, with 4 or 6 "large lamps" on its lower part.
no. 35 · GEIPAN case 1352 · classification D
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On January 12, 1989, a woman driving her car observed, about 30 meters above the marshes, a cylindrical shape described as "enormous," with a dome on top emitting a yellow light and a series of glowing red and white portholes at its base.
no. 36 · GEIPAN case 1360 · classification D
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In the night of March 2 to 3, 1989, two witnesses are driving their car when it stops and the headlights go out suddenly. The witnesses then observe a fireball emitting an intense orange-red light and moving from west to east.
no. 37 · GEIPAN case 1366 · classification D
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On May 30, 1989 at around 11:15 PM, three game wardens on patrol observe 3 spotlights emitting very bright flashes at very close intervals.
no. 38 · GEIPAN case 1371 · classification D
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On February 27, 1990, a young couple driving in a car observed an object shaped like a rugby ball with three powerful white spotlights. This object, about 2.5 to 3 meters in diameter, flew gently at very low altitude and silently.
no. 39 · GEIPAN case 1397 · classification D
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On March 22, 1990, three witnesses separately and repeatedly saw a strange luminous phenomenon. One of the witnesses says he was overflown by an orange disk that made a strange rustling air sound. Frightened, he fell off his moped.
no. 40 · GEIPAN case 1398 · classification D
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On April 30, 1990 at around 10:30 PM, an observation was made in the Orléans region by 3 independent witnesses of a red light with an apparent size equal to that of the moon.
no. 41 · GEIPAN case 1400 · classification D
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On May 1, 1990 at around 11 p.m., a young couple were driving in their vehicle. The man noticed the presence in the sky of a stationary red dot. He stopped to observe it for about ten minutes, during which the dot remained stationary.
no. 42 · GEIPAN case 1402 · classification D
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On September 26, 1990 at 5 p.m., a woman is watching her television and her attention is drawn through her window by a luminous ball heading toward the house. She is frightened and calls her two neighbors, who will witness the phenomenon.
no. 43 · GEIPAN case 1421 · classification D
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Ille-et-Vilaine, 1990
On October 26, 1990, while returning from work, a witness driving his car observed a triangular object, as large as an airplane, changing direction and moving without noise. No identification of the phenomenon was possible.
no. 44 · GEIPAN case 1425 · classification D · below the length threshold for its own page
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On November 12, 1992 at around 5 p.m., a witness driving a car was frightened by a large flashing red mass that approached the witness quickly without making any noise.
no. 45 · GEIPAN case 1486 · classification D
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On November 16, 1992, at around 4:30 a.m., a witness was awakened by a loud noise resembling a jet engine, with two flashes of light illuminating his bedroom. He then observed a large, very bright white luminous ball.
no. 46 · GEIPAN case 1487 · classification D
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On Wednesday, December 9, 1992, at around 9 p.m., a deputy gendarme attached to the brigade commander, along with his wife, observed a large luminous phenomenon with 5 or 6 lit, aligned rectangles, as well as 2 particularly intense blue…
no. 47 · GEIPAN case 1489 · classification D
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On May 16, 1993 at 7:15 PM, two passengers of an ultralight aircraft observe in the distance a bluish sphere that rotates on itself while moving at high speed. The weather and visibility are excellent.
no. 48 · GEIPAN case 1515 · classification D
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On June 27, 1993 at around 9:30 PM, a family of witnesses who were hosting guests observed from their terrace a cloud of about a hundred points of light, with an apparent size of 5 meters by 2.5 meters, with no defined shape.
no. 49 · GEIPAN case 1522 · classification D
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On June 29, 1993, at around 9 a.m., two witnesses observed a circular shape with a diameter of five to six meters, with 2 tubes hanging underneath it in an inverted V shape.
no. 50 · GEIPAN case 1523 · classification D
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On August 7, at 10:45 p.m., a witness driving his car observed for about one minute a large, very intense white light that was stationary.
no. 51 · GEIPAN case 1535 · classification D
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On December 25, 1993, at around 00:30, a witness driving on the highway observed two circular shapes, an estimated diameter of about 1 meter, flame-red in color, above a canal at an altitude of about 4 to 6 meters.
no. 52 · GEIPAN case 1560 · classification D
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On June 11, 1994 at around 11:45 p.m., a witness driving his car observed the presence on the side of the road of a lemon-shaped object with a "cable" on top and dotted with multiple lights.
no. 53 · GEIPAN case 1580 · classification D
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On June 24, 1994 at around 2:40 a.m., during a night patrol, the attention of three gendarmes was drawn to lights above the highway.
no. 54 · GEIPAN case 1582 · classification D
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On June 27, 1994, at around 11 a.m., a witness driving a car observed, at an estimated distance of 8 km, two dark pyramid-shaped forms, without lights or glows, and stationary.
no. 55 · GEIPAN case 1583 · classification D
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On October 30, 1994 at around 1:45 a.m., a couple in a car observes a luminous circle rotating on itself, with lights regularly spaced around its edge.
no. 56 · GEIPAN case 1606 · classification D
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Between the 25th and 28 May 1995 at around 3:30 a.m., a couple observed above their house a large dark object that could suggest a helicopter. This object was stationary with no noise, no smoke, and no trail.
no. 57 · GEIPAN case 1626 · classification D
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Case previously published under the name Pont-De-Salars (12). On September 12, 1996, around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter, in a car at the exit of Flavin (12), observed an object they could not identify.
no. 58 · GEIPAN case 1680 · classification D
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On March 17, 1997, around 8 a.m., several witnesses and aircraft crews observed the passage of a green rocket whose descending trajectory and descriptions suggested an atmospheric reentry or the reentry of space debris.
no. 59 · GEIPAN case 1686 · classification D
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On February 13, 1997, a witness who is an airplane and helicopter pilot observed in the sky a luminous streak of amber color moving slowly. The movement then became very fast and zigzagging, and a second luminous streak joined the first.
no. 60 · GEIPAN case 1684 · classification D
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On March 24, 1997, at around 6:30 a.m., a witness driving his car observed a luminous phenomenon made up of several superimposed rows of lights over a great width, on the order of 200 or 300 meters.
no. 61 · GEIPAN case 1690 · classification D
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On June 6, 1997 at around 11 p.m., a witness in his garden observed a static luminous ball about four times smaller in size than the moon.
no. 62 · GEIPAN case 1696 · classification D
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In the night of July 3 to 4, 1997 at 4 a.m., a witness at the helm of his sailboat observes an intense glow that descends rapidly for 2 to 3 seconds, stabilizes for a few moments, then takes off again very quickly horizontally and…
no. 63 · GEIPAN case 1702 · classification D
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On October 10, 199, around 9:15 PM, a couple observed a bright point in the sky from their home. After disappearing for a few moments, the bright point (visible diameter 3 to 4 mm) descended and grew larger as it approached the house.
no. 64 · GEIPAN case 1720 · classification D
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On September 12, 1998, at around 9:53 PM, the crew of a flight heading to Dijon was crossed fairly high above them by two bright points, which were first identified as military traffic.
no. 65 · GEIPAN case 1756 · classification D
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On September 27, 1998 at 3 a.m., a witness observes in the sky a round and luminous object of a yellowish color. The object is on the side of a hill and moves very slowly.
no. 66 · GEIPAN case 1758 · classification D
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On March 16, 1999, at around 8 p.m., a witness observed the very rapid passage of two aerial phenomena made up of a small orange ball and a ball of sparks.
no. 67 · GEIPAN case 1772 · classification D
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In the night of 7 to 8 August 1999, between 11:30 PM and 1:30 AM, an amateur astronomer who was observing the Andromeda galaxy spotted with the naked eye an object moving at constant speed along a north-south trajectory.
no. 68 · GEIPAN case 1784 · classification D
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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.
no. 69 · GEIPAN case 1812 · classification D
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On June 24, 2001 at around 7 p.m., a witness observed a vertical cylindrical object moving slowly. The witness filmed the phenomenon while following it on a motorcycle to see it better as it moved.
no. 70 · GEIPAN case 1827 · classification D
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In the night of September 26 to 27 at 2:14 a.m., a witness observed for 7 to 10 seconds the rapid passage of a large triangular-shaped object.
no. 71 · GEIPAN case 1833 · classification D
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On November 1, 2002 at around 10 PM, a witness observed a fire-colored ball with several flashing lights. This ball made several back-and-forth movements. The phenomenon disappeared after about 30 seconds.
no. 72 · GEIPAN case 1863 · classification D
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On December 9, 2002, a private pilot instructor with 2 student pilots saw, during the takeoff of their aircraft, a large beacon heading toward them which then went out, revealing a spherical shape that abruptly changed direction.
no. 73 · GEIPAN case 1869 · classification D
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On February 5, 2003, at around 6:50 p.m., a witness observed a large triangular object with 9 orange-colored rings. The shape emitted a slight airplane noise; the weather was cloudy.
no. 74 · GEIPAN case 1873 · classification D
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On October 15, 2004, the leader of a Mirage 4 patrol was alerted by one of his teammates, who reported being "followed" by an aircraft within 5 hours.
no. 75 · GEIPAN case 1917 · classification D
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GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its public website www.geipan.fr.
no. 76 · GEIPAN case 772 · classification D · 2 witnesses
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GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its public website www.geipan.fr.
no. 77 · GEIPAN case 1555 · classification D · 1 witness
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On October 15, 2014, at around 10:35–10:40 PM, a female driver (W1) in the municipality of Vescheim (57) is intrigued by the presence in the sky of a luminous phenomenon with fixed colors.
no. 78 · GEIPAN case 3670 · classification D1
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On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7 a.m., a witness is intrigued by a diffuse light he sees through a glass door of his home. Going out onto his terrace, he finds himself a few meters from a UAP coming silently in his direction.
no. 79 · GEIPAN case 3718 · classification D1
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On October 23, 2015, late in the afternoon, a witness goes by car to the Fumel aerodrome (town of Montayral (47)) to "get some air with his dog." He drives along the hangars and parks his vehicle in a small area near the surveyor's…
no. 80 · GEIPAN case 3939 · classification D1
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On June 7, 1978, between 7:30 and 8:00 PM, three fishermen aboard a boat observed for several minutes a luminous phenomenon that intrigued them. A white light moved slowly along the coast, then came toward them.
no. 81 · GEIPAN case 630 · classification D
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GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its public website www.geipan.fr.
no. 82 · GEIPAN case 913 · classification D · 3 witnesses
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GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its public website www.geipan.fr.
no. 83 · GEIPAN case 1100 · classification D · 2 witnesses
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On August 8, 2012, a witness lying on a terrace was looking at the starry sky when he followed for 5 seconds the straight-line movement of an object he did not recognize.
no. 84 · GEIPAN case 3018 · classification D1
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On January 28, 2014 at around 10:15 PM, a witness outdoors observes for 2 to 3 minutes the movement of a luminous UAP in the shape of a halo, then a very bright red ball with a small blue tail.
no. 85 · GEIPAN case 3357 · classification D1
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On June 15, 1951 at 11:30 a.m., two pilots took off from the Orange-Caritat air base. One of the pilots was surprised to see a craft of circular or spherical appearance, silver and very bright, in the sky.
no. 86 · GEIPAN case 3 · classification D1 · 2 witnesses
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On June 1, 1952 at 2:40 a.m., two people from a ship's crew anchored in the roadstead of Port-Gentil (Gabon) observe a luminous phenomenon in the sky.
no. 87 · GEIPAN case 5 · classification D1
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On April 11, 1953 at 9:10 PM, three witnesses at an Air Force warehouse observed the silent east-west movement of a large orange-red point.
no. 88 · GEIPAN case 7 · classification D1 · 1 witness
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On September 7, 1954, at around 7:30 a.m., two witnesses were cycling to work on the communal road 47 between Harponville (80) and Contay (80). The weather was clear and without fog.
no. 89 · GEIPAN case 11 · classification D1
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On Tuesday, October 19, 1954, between 1:30 and 1:40 a.m., several military personnel (including a private second class, a master corporal, and a sergeant) at a radar station in Doullens (the radar was not working that night) observed, on a…
no. 90 · GEIPAN case 4543 · classification D1
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Observation made in November 1963 by three witnesses and reported to GEIPAN in April 2008.
no. 91 · GEIPAN case 67 · classification D1 · 2 witnesses
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On March 25, 1976 at around 2:30 p.m., a motorist and his passengers observed in the sky a luminous craft moving East-West.
no. 92 · GEIPAN case 355 · classification D1
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On November 25, 1976, at around 7:10 a.m., a farmer out hunting observed in the distance, for a few seconds, a red glow that he took for a chimney fire.
no. 93 · GEIPAN case 436 · classification D1
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On Sunday, April 23, 1978 between 8:35 PM UT and 8:51 PM UT, following a telephone call, an operations duty officer at Air Base 105 in Évreux (27) observed a luminous point of red color at an elevation between 10° and 15°: its position was…
no. 94 · GEIPAN case 619 · classification D1
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On September 4, 1989 at around 4:30 a.m., a man suffering from insomnia saw a strong glow through his open window. He got up and saw below in a field of alfalfa a luminous square about 10 meters on each side.
no. 95 · GEIPAN case 1378 · classification D1 · 1 witness
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On January 28, 1994 at 1:14 PM, the crew of an Air France Airbus A320-11 on the Nice-London route observed a phenomenon they could not explain.
no. 96 · GEIPAN case 1566 · classification D1
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On October 1, 2007 at 7:40 a.m., a motorist on the A27, 5.5 km from the Belgian border, observed toward the front of his vehicle, 1-2 km away from him, a dark gray UAP shaped like two delta wings with a wingspan greater than 100 meters.
no. 97 · GEIPAN case 2041 · classification D1 · 1 witness
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On July 8, 2008 at 9:25 PM, from the summit of Mount Bergiès, witnesses are intrigued by a bright point of high magnitude that appears and disappears several times in the sky.
no. 98 · GEIPAN case 2261 · classification D1
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Testimonies collected in November 2009 about an old sighting made in October 2008 (the witness no longer remembers the exact date but indicates the end of October).
no. 99 · GEIPAN case 2323 · classification D1
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On July 26, 2009 at around 10:20 PM, a witness sitting on his terrace was observing the starry sky.
no. 100 · GEIPAN case 2493 · classification D1
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A witness reports an observation that took place on August 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM from the garden of his home. He saw pass in the sky and along a straight trajectory, an ovoid shape of dull brown color.
no. 101 · GEIPAN case 2520 · classification D1
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On January 4, 2010 at around 7:45 p.m., a witness out for a walk is intrigued by the east-west movement of a large dark triangular shape with dim yellow-orange glowing circles at each end.
no. 102 · GEIPAN case 2615 · classification D1
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On November 21, 2010 at 5:55 p.m., a person opening the kitchen window of their apartment on the 9th floor is intrigued by the unusual presence of a luminous phenomenon toward the East.
no. 103 · GEIPAN case 2762 · classification D1
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On February 15, 2011, a female motorist observed an object she did not recognize. She described a static object, triangular in shape with three rounded corners, rather flat and greenish in color (between gray-green and green).
no. 104 · GEIPAN case 2785 · classification D1
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On April 17, 2011 at around 8:30 PM, a witness hears a dull turbine sound coming from the sky and sees in the air an object moving at high speed and passing just above the ridge of the roof of his home in a straight trajectory.
no. 105 · GEIPAN case 2805 · classification D1
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On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at around 3:32 a.m., a witness observed from his home the silent passage of a flying craft. The triangular shape and the lighting under the craft surprised the witness.
no. 106 · GEIPAN case 2857 · classification D1
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On October 26, 2011, between 9:30 PM and 11:00 PM, a witness saw, above the trees, about 200 meters from her house and in a clear sky, several lights colored blue, pink, and yellow in a single thick cloud.
no. 107 · GEIPAN case 2893 · classification D1
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On November 27, 2011 at 6:50 PM, a female driver and her children were intrigued by the presence of a stationary luminous phenomenon above the church of the village of Saint-Gatien-des-Bois (Calvados in the Lower Normandy region).
no. 108 · GEIPAN case 2906 · classification D1
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On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:15 PM, a witness is intrigued by the movements in the sky of two yellow or white luminous points crossing the sky from East to North at significant speed.
no. 109 · GEIPAN case 2956 · classification D1
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On June 29, 2012 at around 6:06 a.m. (for time precision, see the investigation report), a walker, alerted by his dog, is intrigued by the presence of a white luminous object, stationary at low altitude above a field at the edge of a…
no. 110 · GEIPAN case 2983 · classification D1
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On May 29, 2013 (and not May 30 as indicated by the witness in his questionnaire) at 11:45 PM, a motorist observes, several dozen meters above the ground, the presence of a black phenomenon shaped like a pebble with two red lights, one at…
no. 111 · GEIPAN case 3173 · classification D1
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The witnesses, in a service vehicle, quickly observe in the sky a dark mass, fitted with two small lights, glowing faintly. The mass suddenly moves at a dizzying speed and disappears.
no. 112 · GEIPAN case 4565 · classification D1
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On August 28, 2014, at 5 a.m., a witness observed for 10 minutes, between two groves of trees, the silent movement of a dark circular mass with light at its center, preceded and followed by several rows of groups of smaller dark masses.
no. 113 · GEIPAN case 3454 · classification D1
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On May 21, 2012 (the exact date was validated during the investigation) at 10:12 PM, a motorist notices, in the overcast sky, the north-south passage of a luminous phenomenon that intrigues him.
no. 114 · GEIPAN case 2980 · classification D1
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On June 17, 2012 at 4 a.m., a witness on their terrace observes for 15 seconds the silent passage of several (10/15) transparent spheres flying in the clear sky.
no. 115 · GEIPAN case 2990 · classification D1
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On July 26, 2012 at 10:20 PM, a witness on their balcony was intrigued by the rapid and silent passage of a faintly luminous and vaporous ball in the clear sky.
no. 116 · GEIPAN case 3004 · classification D1
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On November 21, 1979, a witness saw, about 100 meters from her, an object fitted with several lights, including three red ones and one orange one forming a diamond shape on the vertical plane.
no. 117 · GEIPAN case 823 · classification D
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Observation over several days and for several hours starting at 9:30 PM of ovoid shapes with red and green lights that move slowly or remain stationary. This observation was made by several witnesses as well as by a National Police patrol.
no. 118 · GEIPAN case 1418 · classification D
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On May 3, 1997, at around 1:30 AM, a couple returning from work observed a point brighter than the stars in the sky.
no. 119 · GEIPAN case 1695 · classification D
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GEIPAN is re-examining old cases in order to be more relevant in its conclusions. Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes results in a…
no. 120 · GEIPAN case 4539 · classification D · 1 witness
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On November 26 between 7:15 and 8:15, a witness observed for nearly an hour a yellow ball that seemed to be burning up. After an hour, the ball left quickly, leaving behind a black trail.
no. 121 · GEIPAN case 1558 · classification D
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On November 18, 19, and 21, 1978, two people observed, toward Mount Cimon and at different times, the movements at variable speed of a luminous ball with a violet tint. No noise was heard.
no. 122 · GEIPAN case 681 · classification D
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On March 10, 1980, at the end of their shift, the gendarmes of the Authon-du-Perche brigade received a call from the neighboring brigade reporting the testimony of a taxi driver who had seen a strange glow on the road going toward Authon.
no. 123 · GEIPAN case 920 · classification D
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