GEIPAN Case 2014-08-08968 — ZONZA (2A) 28.08.2014

Brief

At approximately 0500 on 28 August 2014, a lone witness at a campsite near Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio (Corsica, 2A) observed, for roughly ten minutes, six rows of dark objects flying in tight formation followed and preceded by a large dark circle bearing a light on its underside. The formation moved silently from the direction of Conca toward Sardinia, parallel to the Plage du California; skies were clear with no wind. A second unidentified person at the campsite entrance spontaneously corroborated the sighting when asked. GEIPAN assigned the case classification D1, indicating the observation could not be matched to any known phenomenon after investigation.

Metadata

Agency

GEIPAN / CNES

Release

2007-03-22

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

15 pages

Classification

UNCLASSIFIED (GEIPAN internal case classification: D1 — unidentified)

Programs

GEIPAN

Tags

dark circular mass, luminous underside, formation flight, silent, multiple rows, Corsica, 2014, D1-unidentified, GEIPAN

Key points

• Observation time: 0500 local, 28 August 2014; witness statement taken same day at 1840 by gendarmerie at Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio.p.2
• Formation structure: six lines of smaller dark objects preceding and following a large dark circular mass with a light source on its underside.p.2
• Trajectory: from Conca toward Sardinia, parallel to the Plage du California — consistent southwest-to-southeast bearing across the Corsican coast.p.2
• A second, unnamed campsite staff member spontaneously confirmed the sighting when the primary witness asked whether he was hallucinating.p.2
• No sound whatsoever was detected throughout the observation.p.4
• Meteorological conditions: clear sky, no clouds, no wind, no ambient noise — ruling out weather artifacts.p.4
• Witness ruled out health confounders: no medical history, no prior hallucinations, no alcohol or drug use, no vision problems.p.4
• Witness did not photograph the phenomenon, deciding the objects would be gone before he could retrieve a camera.p.3
• The witness produced a hand-drawn schematic for the gendarmes showing 5-6 rows of objects flanking the central circle, labeled 'LUMIERES'.p.3

Verbatim

• Je me présente au bureau de votre unité car cette nuit à 5 heures du matin, j'ai été témoin de plusieurs objets volants non identifiés (OVNI). J'ai hésité à venir car j'avais peur de ne pas être pris au sérieux.

  p.2

• j'ai vu dans le ciel arriver six lignes d'objets qui avançaient en formation bien alignés entre eux, puis derrière un gros cercle avec des lumières en dessous et après il y avait d'autres rangées de formations.

  p.2

• De Conca vers la Sardaigne, c'était parallèle à la plage du california.

  p.2

• j'hallucine ou tu l'as vu aussi ? Il m'a répondu non tu n'hallucine pas.

  p.2

• J'hésitais à aller chercher l'appareil photo mais je me suis dit que je ne le verrai plus.

  p.3

• Ciel était dégagé, pas un nuage, pas de vent et pas de bruit.

  p.4

• Non rien du tout, pas un son.

  p.4

Most interesting

• The witness overcame reluctance to report specifically because he feared ridicule — a recurring friction point documented across UAP witness literature, here recorded verbatim in a legal instrument.
• The corroborating witness remains entirely anonymous; the gendarme's follow-up question ('Do you know who this person is?') was answered 'No,' leaving the second observer unidentifiable.
• GEIPAN's D1 classification is its highest-confidence 'unidentified' rating — reserved for cases where investigation produces no plausible conventional explanation.
• The formation's geometry, as sketched by the witness, places the large luminous disk centrally, flanked symmetrically by 5-6 rows of smaller dark masses — an internally consistent structured arrangement rather than a diffuse or chaotic sighting.
• The bearing from Conca toward Sardinia places the phenomenon's trajectory over the Tyrrhenian Sea, in airspace shared by civil and military aviation operating between Corsica and Sardinia.
• The gendarmerie interview was conducted just 13 hours and 40 minutes after the observation, limiting memory degradation and supporting statement fidelity.
• Despite 15 total document pages, only 3 yield extractable text; the remaining 12 pages likely include the sketch, GEIPAN technical analysis notes, and the witness identity sheet — all image-only or withheld.