GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020
GEIPAN case 2020-06-51034 is a French government UAP investigation record documenting a silent, rectilinear nocturnal passage of two bluish lights observed by three witnesses in rural Normandy on 3 June 2020, classified D (non-identified) after investigation.
Brief
Three witnesses in the garden of a family home in Aunay-les-Bois (Orne, France) observed a silent UAP between midnight and 01:00 on 3 June 2020. The phenomenon — described primarily as two bluish light sources — traversed the sky in a straight line and disappeared within an estimated 5 to 10 seconds. GEIPAN, the UAP investigation unit of France's national space agency CNES, conducted the inquiry and assigned classification D, meaning the phenomenon remained unidentified after full investigation. Supporting materials referenced in the case file include gendarmerie procès-verbaux and technical notes.
Metadata
- Agency
- GEIPAN / CNES
- Release
- 2007-03-22
- Type
- PDF • .pdf
- Length
- 1 pages
- Classification
- D — Non-identifié (GEIPAN scale)
- Programs
- GEIPAN, CNES
- Tags
- two blue lights, silent, rectilinear trajectory, nocturnal, France, Normandy, 2020, GEIPAN case D, civilian witnesses
Key points
- GEIPAN classification D assigned — the highest mystery tier in the French government UAP taxonomy, indicating the phenomenon could not be explained after investigation.
- Three civilian witnesses present simultaneously, observing from a rural garden in Aunay-les-Bois, Orne (department 61), providing corroborating accounts.
- UAP described as two primarily bluish light sources traveling in a rectilinear (straight-line) trajectory — no deviation, no sound.
- Total observation duration estimated by witnesses at 5 to 10 seconds, consistent with a fast, low-signature flyover rather than a hovering or maneuvering object.
- Incident occurred between 00:00 and 01:00 local time, a nocturnal window that limits natural atmospheric or astronomical explanations requiring visual contrast against a dark sky.
- Gendarmerie procès-verbaux (official sworn police statements) are listed as attached materials, indicating the case cleared the threshold for formal law-enforcement documentation in France.
Most interesting
- GEIPAN (Groupe d'Etudes et d'Informations sur les Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non-identifiés) is operated directly under CNES, France's equivalent of NASA — making it one of the only national UAP investigation units embedded inside a civilian space agency rather than a military or intelligence body.
- GEIPAN's classification scale runs A through D: A = identified, B = probably identified, C = insufficient data, D = non-identified. A 'D' designation means investigators actively ruled out known explanations and still could not account for the object.
- The case file references a 'Temoin1_reconstitution_trajectoire' attachment — a witness trajectory reconstruction diagram, a standard GEIPAN investigative artifact used to cross-check angular velocity and flight-path geometry against known aircraft and satellite tracks.
- Aunay-les-Bois is a commune of roughly 400 inhabitants in the Orne department of Normandy — low light pollution, open sightlines, and no major aviation corridors nearby, factors GEIPAN weighs when assessing conventional aircraft misidentification.
- The listed release date of 2007-03-22 is anachronistic relative to the 2020 incident date; this is likely a metadata artifact reflecting GEIPAN's standing public-disclosure mandate (cases are released periodically on the CNES/GEIPAN portal regardless of investigation closure date) rather than a genuine declassification action.