What programs and topics appear in GEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 6)?

GEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 6) references GEIPAN, SEPRA, GEPAN, CNES, CODA and disc.

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GEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 6)

GEIPAN case file on the January 28 1994 sighting by the Air France 3532 (Nice-London) Airbus A320 crew over Coulommiers, including the captain's report, copilot statements, gendarmerie procès-verbal, Paris Match coverage, and SEPRA/CNES correspondence on a 50-second radar track.

Brief

The file documents an in-flight observation on January 28 1994 at 13:14 by the crew of Air France 3532 (Airbus A320 F-GFKG, Nice-London) at flight level 390 over Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne). The captain, copilot, and chief steward described a giant brown disc with slightly fuzzy edges, estimated at roughly 1,000 m across and 100 m thick, that turned transparent and vanished without moving. The Cinq-Mars-la-Pile detection and control center recorded a radar trace of the object for 50 seconds on heading 240 at about 100 knots, and the matter was classified "Défense" pending SEPRA/CNES enquiry led by Jean-Jacques Velasco. The dossier was opened only after a February 13 1997 Paris Match article prompted the captain to file a written report to the Gendarmerie three years after the event.

Metadata

Agency: GEIPAN / CNES
Release: 2007-03-22
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 20 pages
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Programs: GEIPAN, SEPRA, GEPAN, CNES, CODA
Tags: disc, aviation encounter, radar-visual, France, Coulommiers, 1994, Air France 3532, A320, SEPRA, GEIPAN, CNES

Key points

Incident occurred on January 28 1994 over Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne) at flight level 390 (11,700 m) aboard Air France 3532, Airbus A320 registered F-GFKG, Nice-London.p.2
The chief steward in the cockpit first spotted the object and called out "un ballon météo"; the copilot initially agreed before the captain identified it as something else.p.4
Captain estimated the object at about 25 NM distance, at flight level 350, at the 10 o'clock position, with dimensions of roughly 1,000 m across and 100 m thick.p.4
The object appeared as a giant brown disc with slightly fuzzy edges, became transparent, and disappeared without moving.p.4
The crew immediately contacted the Reims air traffic control center after the sighting.p.2
The Cinq-Mars-la-Pile detection and control center near Tours recorded the radar trace for 50 seconds on heading 240 at about 100 knots (185 km/h).p.2
The radar trace was reported by Paris Match as the first time in France a UAP had left a radar track, with the enquiry classified "Défense" by the air defense command (CODA).p.5
The captain initially declined to report the event to his hierarchy and only wrote a report on February 27 1997 after a Paris Match article on February 13 1997 prompted corrections.p.3
SEPRA director Jean-Jacques Velasco at CNES Toulouse led the enquiry; the dossier includes faxes from SEPRA dated March 5 1997 and April 7 1997 and correspondence from Général de Division Aérienne Denis Letty dated March 7 1997.p.1
The gendarmerie procès-verbal was closed at Roissy-en-France on June 29 1997 with the events still listed as unexplained and the SEPRA/CNES enquiry ongoing.

Verbatim

Cet objet, non identifiable est devenu transparent et a disparu subitement.
p.2
Le centre de détection et de contrôle de la base de Cinq Mars La Pile près de TOURS a enregistré la trace radar de cet engin pendant 50 secondes, au cap ouest 240, à une vitesse d'environ 100 noeuds.
p.2
Nous l'avons dépassé et put remarquer sa forme brune, avec des bords légèrement flous, et une taille immense, que j'estime à environ 1 000 m, pour une épaisseur de 100 m (un avion n'est qu'un point minuscule à 25NM).
p.4
Lorsque nous l'avons laissé sur l'arrière de l'appareil, je l'ai vu devenir transparent et disparaître, sans bouger.
p.4
Pour la première fois en France, un ovni a laissé une piste radar.
p.5
SUR LES ECRANS RADAR, LA TRACE DE L'OVNI A ETE ENREGISTREE PENDANT 50 SECONDES
p.5
Les faits décrits par l'équipage de l'AIRBUS A.320 sont inexpliqués à ce jour.

Most interesting

The object was first identified by a steward in the cockpit as a weather balloon before being re-identified by the crew as something far larger and stranger.
The captain estimated the disc at about 1,000 meters across, citing the contrast that 'an airplane is only a tiny point at 25 NM' as his scale reference.
The disc did not fly away but turned transparent and vanished in place behind the aircraft.
The radar trace at Cinq-Mars-la-Pile lasted 50 seconds on heading 240 at about 100 knots, and Paris Match reported it as the first French UAP case with a recorded radar track.
The captain waited more than three years to file a written report, doing so only after Paris Match published an account on February 13 1997 that he wanted to correct.
The carnet de vol reproduced in the file confirms the Nice-London leg on January 28 1994 aboard A320 F-GFKG, departing Nice at 11.95 hours and arriving London at 14.20 hours.
SEPRA director Jean-Jacques Velasco told Paris Match he could neither accept nor reject the extraterrestrial hypothesis and rejected the secret-prototype explanation on cost and longevity grounds.

Cross-references

PDFGEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 4)GEIPAN / CNES
PDFGEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 5)GEIPAN / CNES
PDFGEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 2)GEIPAN / CNES
PDFGEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 3)GEIPAN / CNES

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