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UAP Nexus
Probable conventional

Unspecified over Macon, Bourgogne · France

A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.

The report, as filed

Un automobiliste et son passager sur l'autoroute A6 sont surpris de constater à deux reprises, la présence dans le ciel d'un phénomène lumineux stationnaire à environ 30° au-dessus de l'horizon. Le phénomène disparaît subitement sans laisser de traces. D’étrangeté faible, mais relativement précis, ce cas d’observation est classé comme probable observation de reflet du soleil sur des avions à haute altitude. Ce cas est classé B. [GEIPAN classification B — Avion de ligne]

Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2008-12-01973). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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What would the paper say?

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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2008-12-23 → 2009-01-09

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