GEIPAN Case 2011-02-02732 — [A62] de AGEN (47) vers BORDEAUX (33) 15.02.2011

Brief

On 15 February 2011 at approximately 9:15 AM, a 41-year-old female motorist driving at 120–130 km/h on the A62 between Agen and Bordeaux observed a stationary, flat, triangular object with rounded corners and a greenish-gray color positioned just above treetop height. The sighting lasted only a few seconds; her two adolescent daughters, drowsy in the back seat, failed to observe the object before the car passed it. No corroborating witnesses were ever reported. GEIPAN classified the case D1 — unexplained — and the completed questionnaire forms the core evidentiary record.

Metadata

Agency

GEIPAN / CNES

Release

2007-03-22

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

21 pages

Classification

D1 (GEIPAN classification — Unexplained)

Programs

GEIPAN, GEPAN, SEPRA

Tags

triangular, rounded corners, flat profile, greenish-gray, stationary/hovering, treetop altitude, A62 highway, Agen-Bordeaux corridor, 2011, D1 classification, GEIPAN, visual only

Key points

• Object described as triangular with three rounded corners, rather flat, and greenish in color (between gray and green); it appeared stationary throughout the sighting.p.4
• Observation time approximately 9:15 AM on 15 February 2011; duration estimated at 'quelques secondes' (a few seconds).p.3
• Witness initially interpreted the object as a hovering raptor (bird of prey) hunting prey, only recognizing it as unidentified upon drawing level with it.p.4
• Altitude estimated at roughly treetop level; a 'très grand arbre' (very large tree) was noted directly beneath the object.p.10
• No other witnesses: the witness's two daughters were drowsy and failed to turn in time before the car had already passed.p.4
• Meteorological conditions: clear blue sky with a few small white clouds and weak sunlight; no atmospheric change before, during, or after the observation.p.8
• Sole observational method was naked-eye visual from a moving vehicle; no photographs, video, or electronic sensor data were captured.p.3
• GEIPAN's cover letter confirms that all questionnaire materials and conclusions are published anonymously on the CNES-GEIPAN public website.p.2

Verbatim

• un objet de forme triangulaire aux trois angles arrondis , plutôt plat et de couleur verdâtre (entre le gris et le vert). Il ne semblait pas immense et restait statique, figé.

  p.4

• je m'aperçus en fait que sur les trois oiseaux, l'un d'entre eux faisait du sur place alors que les deux autres volaient et étaient un peu plus loin.

  p.4

• Mon réflexe a été de crier « les filles…réveillez vous regardez dans le ciel derrière, viiite !!!! »

  p.4

• Je me pose des questions tout en restant très terre à terre et d'y trouver peut-être une solution logique…mais c'est le point d'interrogation ?

  p.5

• le GEIPAN travaille à collecter, analyser et étudier rigoureusement les témoignages recueillis lors d'observations de Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non identifiés (PAN) tout en garantissant aux témoins une absolue discrétion.

  p.2

• Un ciel bleu clair avec quelques petits nuages blancs. Un faible soleil. Pas de changement au cours de l'observation

  p.8

• J'étais en voiture sur l'autoroute, donc il n'y avait pas d'habitations ;.Une plaine avec quelques arbres. Et là où se trouvait l'objet, il y avait un énorme arbre en dessous

  p.10

Most interesting

• The witness spontaneously rationalized the stationary object as a hovering raptor — a cognitively plausible misidentification given the rural motorway setting — before proximity forced her to abandon that explanation.
• Despite the sighting occurring on a major French autoroute (A62, a high-traffic corridor connecting Agen and Bordeaux), no independent witnesses reported the same phenomenon.
• The object's reported altitude — just above large roadside trees — places it in low-altitude airspace where conventional aircraft would be anomalous and where visual detail would be clearest.
• GEIPAN's D1 classification signals the case remained unexplained after analysis; GEIPAN's taxonomy distinguishes fully identified (A), probably identified (B), insufficient data (C), and unexplained (D) cases.
• The GEIPAN questionnaire format used here (Standard Individual V2.00) is a structured instrument designed to elicit precise spatial, temporal, and perceptual data from civilian witnesses — an example of the French state's institutionalized, scientific approach to UAP investigation unique among Western governments at the time.