Unspecified over Franconville, Autre · France
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Un témoin rapporte son observation du 8 avril 2011 vers 8h : durant 3 minutes environ, il observe le passage dans le ciel parfaitement dégagé d'un objet inhabituel. La forme de l'objet est rapidement identifiée comme étant un cheval cabré. Des photographies sont prises. Le cas est produit entièrement par le témoin qui identifie parfaitement un grand ballon représentant PEGASE. [GEIPAN classification A — Ballon]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2011-04-02736). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2011-04-05 → 2011-04-22
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