Unspecified over Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Par un appel téléphonique, le geipan est informé que de nombreuses personnes observent depuis fin-août en fin d'après midi une tache noire stationnaire sur le soleil. Aucun autre témoignage ou informations ne seront reçus pour compléter l'appel téléphonique. Par manque d'information supplémentaire à ce jour, ce phénomène est classé C. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2008-08-02184). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
France's official UAP office publishes its case base proactively — check its open catalog before filing. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2008-08-12 → 2008-08-29
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