Unspecified over Chateau-Gontier, Pays de la Loire · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 7 aout 1993 vers 5 heures, trois témoins sortant d'une discothèque observe un point très lumineux dans le ciel. La forme est imprécise selon les témoins (ronde ou triangulaire) mais stationnaire dans le ciel. Le point lumineux palit progressivement avec le lever du jour pour disparaître. Les témoins ont probablement observé un astre très brillant. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1993-08-01689). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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