Sphere over Cazeres-Sur-L'Adour, Aquitaine · France
Investigated by a competent body and left unresolved. The rarest grade, and never awarded by us — only recorded.
The report, as filed
Le 01 novembre 2002 vers 22 heures, observation par un témoin d'une boule couleur feu possédant plusieurs feux clignotants. Cette boule a fait plusieurs va et vient. Le phénomène a disparu au bout de 30 secondes environ. Cette observation semble également avoir été faite par des pilotes. Phénomène inexpliqué classé D. [GEIPAN classification D — Phénomène étrange à très étrange/ de consistance moyenne à forte]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2002-11-01598). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2002-10-29 → 2002-11-15