Unspecified over Cambrai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 27 septembre 2002 à 14 heures 48 TU, l'équipage d'un A 320 effectuant un vol Teneriffe-Bruxelles, observe un objet rond qu'il qualifie lui-même de ballon, probablement un ballon météo. [GEIPAN classification B — Phénomène identifié non indiqué · date d'observation: --/09/2002]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2002-09-01593). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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