Unspecified over Buchelay, Ile-de-France · France
Investigated by a competent body and left unresolved. The rarest grade, and never awarded by us — only recorded.
The report, as filed
Le 5 février 2003 vers 18 heures 50, observation par un témoin d'un grand objet triangulaire, avec 9 anneaux de couleur orangée. La forme émettait un léger bruit d'avion, le temps est nuageux. Après être resté stationnaire quelques secondes, le phénomène à viré de 45 degrés partant en trajectoire ascendante et il a disparu. 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 2003-02-01604). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2003-02-02 → 2003-02-19