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GEIPAN Case 1951-06-00002 — [AERO MIL] ORANGE (84) 15.06.1951

A 1951 GEIPAN case file documenting two French military pilots' sighting of a stationary, then maneuvering, circular silver object over Orange-Caritat air base — rated Classification D (no explanation found) by CNES's UAP investigative unit.

• circular/spherical
• silver
• highly luminous

GEIPAN Case 1952-06-00004 — PORT-GENTIL (GA.8) 01.06.1952

A 1952 GEIPAN case file documenting a luminous aerial phenomenon over Port-Gentil, Gabon, that stopped, turned, and resumed course — classified D (unidentified) by the French space agency's UAP unit.

• luminous object
• trajectory change
• stop-and-turn maneuver

GEIPAN Case 1953-04-00005 — LIMOGES (87) 11.04.1953

French Air Force case file: three military witnesses at Limoges observe a large silent red-orange light execute a 180-degree reversal across 45 degrees of sky in six minutes — GEIPAN's own verdict is Class D, unexplained.

• red-orange luminous point
• silent flight
• E-W trajectory

GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954

A 2007 GEIPAN public-archive release of a September 1954 gendarmerie investigation into two civilian witnesses who observed a silent, oscillating circular object lift off from a field near Harponville, France, receiving a Class D (unexplained) rating.

• circular/cylindrical shape
• ground-level landing
• oscillatory motion

GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954

A GEIPAN Classification-D case documenting two French cyclists who observed a circular object resting in a field near Harponville, Somme on 7 September 1954 — it oscillated on the ground, then departed silently with smoke and left no trace.

• circular/cylindrical shape
• ground landing
• oscillatory motion

GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954

A GEIPAN Classification D case documenting two witnesses who observed a circular, oscillating object on the ground near Harponville, Somme, France on 7 September 1954, which departed silently and left no ground traces.

• circular shape
• cylindrical object
• ground landing

GEIPAN Case 1954-09-09112 — PREMANON (39) 27.09.1954

A GEIPAN Class C case documenting a 1954 close-range sighting of a structured, aluminum-colored rectangular craft by three children in Premanon, France, with associated ground traces and a red glow — filed as insufficient information for conclusive analysis.

• rectangular craft
• aluminum coloration
• vertical split fuselage

GEIPAN Case 1954-10-09217 — DOULLENS (80) 19.10.1954

A GEIPAN classification-D case documenting a nocturnal colored luminous phenomenon observed by multiple military personnel at a radar station in Doullens, France, on 19 October 1954.

• nocturnal lights
• colored luminous phenomenon
• military witnesses

GEIPAN Case 1954-10-09217 — DOULLENS (80) 19.10.1954

A GEIPAN classification-D case documenting the October 1954 observation of a colored luminous aerial phenomenon by three French military radar personnel at Doullens whose radar installation was offline that night.

• colored luminous phenomenon
• aerial observation
• below cloud deck

GEIPAN Case 1963-11-01791 — PREMESQUES (59) 11.11.1963

GEIPAN case 1963-11-01791: a father and two sons observed a stationary orange luminous ball below dark clouds near Premesques, France on 11 November 1963; the object then moved rapidly toward the clouds, leaving no noise or trail — classified D1 (unexplained, moderately consistent).

• orange luminous sphere
• stationary hover
• rapid vertical acceleration

GEIPAN Case 1963-11-01791 — PREMESQUES (59) 11.11.1963

A GEIPAN D1-classified case from 11 November 1963 in which a father and his two sons near Premesques, France, observed a stationary orange luminous ball beneath dark clouds that subsequently moved rapidly upward, leaving no sound or trail.

• orange ball
• stationary hover
• luminous

GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050 — VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965

A 2015 GEIPAN synthesis marking the 50th anniversary of the Valensole close-encounter, releasing the three gendarmerie procès-verbaux as the primary official record of the July 1, 1965 event.

• close encounter
• landing trace
• humanoid occupants

GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050 — VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965

GEIPAN case 1965-07-00050: a French farmer's July 1965 close encounter with a landed craft and two figures in a Valensole lavender field, with confirmed ground traces, classified by GEIPAN as Category D — unidentified.

• landed craft
• close encounter CE3
• humanoid figures

GEIPAN Case 1976-03-00292 — THUIR (66) 25.03.1976

A 2011 GEIPAN re-examination note for a 1976 daytime sighting near Thuir (Pyrénées-Orientales) of an oval dome-topped luminous object, maintaining its original D1 (unexplained, weakly consistent, strange) classification.

• oval
• dome
• luminous

GEIPAN Case 1976-03-00292 — THUIR (66) 25.03.1976

A GEIPAN/CNES case file (classification D1 — unexplained) documenting a roughly one-minute daylight sighting of a large, luminous, dome-topped oval craft over Thuir, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, on 25 March 1976.

• oval
• dome
• luminous

GEIPAN Case 1976-11-02763 — SAINT-GEOIRS (38) 25.11.1976

A 2011 GEIPAN re-examination note covering a 1976 close-encounter report from Isère, France, in which a lone hunter observed a silent 2-meter cylindrical object hovering at 10 meters altitude with a red intermittent glow before departing silently southward; classified PAN D1.

• cylindrical UAP
• close encounter
• silent propulsion

GEIPAN Case 1976-11-02763 — SAINT-GEOIRS (38) 25.11.1976

A French GEIPAN case file documenting a close-encounter observation by a civilian hunter near Saint-Geoirs (Isère) on 25 November 1976, in which a low-flying cylindrical object performed an apparent direction change at close range and was classified D1 — unexplained.

• cylindrical UAP
• low altitude (~10m AGL)
• direction change at close range

GEIPAN Case 1979-07-00644 — PRANLES (07) 21.07.1979

A 2019 GEIPAN re-examination of a July 1979 case from Pranles, Ardeche, France, in which four witnesses in two independent groups observed a stationary yellow-orange ovoid luminous source projecting a blue rotating beam through a full 360-degree sweep for approximately 43 minutes.

• stationary ovoid
• yellow-orange luminous source
• blue rotating beam

GEIPAN Case 1979-07-00644 — PRANLES (07) 21.07.1979

French gendarmerie procès-verbal and GEIPAN technical case file documenting two independent witness groups' observation of a stationary yellow-orange luminous phenomenon emitting a regularly rotating 360° blue beam over Pranles, Ardèche, on 21 July 1979 — rated Class D (unexplained).

• stationary luminous object
• yellow-orange coloration
• rotating blue beam

GEIPAN Case 1980-03-00751 — EGUILLE (L') (17) 16.03.1980

A 2018 GEIPAN re-examination of a March 1980 case in which three civilian witnesses near L'Eguille, Charente-Maritime, observed a silent yellow-orange luminous mass hovering near a cemetery for approximately 45 minutes before departing obliquely at very high speed.

• cigar-shaped
• yellow-orange luminosity
• low-altitude hover

GEIPAN Case 1980-03-00751 — EGUILLE (L') (17) 16.03.1980

A GEIPAN/CNES case file documenting three civilian witnesses' 16 March 1980 nighttime sighting of a silent yellow-orange luminous mass over L'Eguille, Charente-Maritime, France, carrying a GEIPAN classification-D (unexplained) determination.

• yellow-orange luminous mass
• silent
• nocturnal

GEIPAN Case 1982-01-00913 — TRANCRAINVILLE (28) 23.01.1982

A 2018 GEIPAN re-examination of a 1982 French case in which two gendarmes on highway patrol observed an undefined aerial mass illuminating ground, pylons, and farm buildings across approximately 29 km along the A10 motorway near Orléans — a phenomenon that retains its original D (unexplained) classification.

• mobile luminous mass
• ground illumination
• cone-shaped

GEIPAN Case 1982-01-00913 — TRANCRAINVILLE (28) 23.01.1982

GEIPAN case 1982-01-00913 is a French gendarmerie-investigated sighting of an unidentified luminous mobile phenomenon over Trancrainville, Eure-et-Loir, on 23 January 1982, rated Classification D (unexplained) by CNES's UAP unit.

• luminous
• mobile
• wide-area illumination

GEIPAN Case 1988-12-01156 — RUES-DES-VIGNES (LES) (59) 16.12.1988

A French gendarmerie procès-verbal documenting a December 16, 1988 sighting near Cambrai in which a female student witnessed a silent, disc-shaped object hovering 20 meters above a plowed field, bearing 4 to 6 large underside lights, assigned GEIPAN classification D (unexplained).

• disc-shaped
• hovering
• silent

GEIPAN Case 1989-03-01170 — MAYET (72) 03.03.1989

A French gendarmerie procès-verbal documenting a March 1989 roadside encounter near Mayet (Sarthe) in which a red-orange fireball caused a moving vehicle to stop and its headlights to extinguish spontaneously, both self-restoring after the object passed; classified OR2 by the gendarmes and GEIPAN category D.

• fireball
• red-orange luminosity
• vehicle interference

GEIPAN Case 1989-05-01176 — NEUVELLE-LES-LURE (LA) (70) 30.05.1989

A 12-page GEIPAN/gendarmerie dossier recording a May 30, 1989 sighting near Neuvelle-les-Lure, France, in which three professional game wardens on night patrol observed a silent triangular formation of flashing lights that executed vertical ascent, sawtooth zigzag flight, and apparent electromagnetic correlation with a radio transmission before departing at extreme speed; classified Category D (unexplained) by CNES.

• triangular light formation
• silent
• zigzag flight

GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989

A SEPRA/GEIPAN investigation report by J.J. Velasco (October 1989) documenting a stationary luminous phenomenon observed above a rural residence in Bertre, Tarn, France at 04:30 on 4 September 1989, with gendarmerie-noted physical traces of heated roof tiles and physical samples collected by helicopter, classified D1 — unexplained pending laboratory analysis.

• stationary light
• bottle shape
• physical trace

GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989

GEIPAN case D1: a French retiree witnesses a silent, faceted object stationary above his roof for roughly 30 seconds at 4 AM on 4 September 1989, leaving discolored and displaced roof tiles, blackened moss, and measurable structural subsidence that SEPRA's Jean-Jacques Velasco characterized as the case's distinguishing feature.

• top/gyroscope shape
• faceted luminous object
• ground light projection

GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989

GEIPAN case 1989-09-01666 is a French civilian UAP report documenting a stationary, spinning-top-shaped luminous object observed at approximately 04:30 on 4 September 1989 above a farmhouse rooftop in Bertre, Tarn (81), France, rated GEIPAN classification D1 — unexplained.

• spinning-top / toupie shape
• stationary hover
• near-ground altitude

GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989

French Gendarmerie procès-verbal and CNES/SEPRA investigation file documenting a 68-year-old witness's September 1989 nighttime observation of a faceted luminous object hovering above his farmhouse roof in the Tarn département, with laboratory-sampled physical traces on roof tiles and vegetation.

• top/toupie-shaped
• multi-faceted luminous object
• stationary hover

GEIPAN Case 1990-09-01214 — LONGUENESSE (62) 08.09.1990

French National Police procès-verbal documenting multi-night observations of an unidentified ovoid object with red and green lights near Longuenesse (Pas-de-Calais), corroborated by two independent patrol units and forwarded to GEPAN — unresolved, GEIPAN Category D.

• ovoid
• red-green lights
• stationary hover

GEIPAN Case 1993-11-01335 — ECQUEVILLY (78) 15.11.1993

A 2018 GEIPAN re-examination of a 1993 Classification D case: a single civilian in Ecquevilly, Yvelines, witnessed a silent circular array of multi-colored lights hover then pass over his farmhouse at 04:30; no conventional hypothesis exceeds 30% investigator confidence.

• circular light formation
• multi-colored lights
• silent

GEIPAN Case 1993-11-01335 — ECQUEVILLY (78) 15.11.1993

A French gendarmerie procès-verbal documenting the November 15, 1993 observation of a silent, multi-colored circle of lights over Ecquevilly (Seine-et-Marne), formally classified GEIPAN category D — unexplained.

• circle of lights
• multi-colored lights
• silent

GEIPAN Case 1993-11-01338 — SAINT-SAUVEUR-DE-MONTAGUT (07) 26.11.1993

French gendarmerie procès-verbal documenting a civilian's one-hour observation of a stationary yellow luminous sphere over the Ardèche on 26 November 1993, forwarded to CNES/SEPRA and classified GEIPAN Category D — unexplained.

• yellow sphere
• stationary
• luminous

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

A Météo-France technical note reconstructs the January 28, 1994 Trappes radiosonde trajectory to assess whether it could explain what Air France flight AF3532's crew observed near Coulommiers — and concludes it cannot account for the reported size.

• radar confirmation
• instantaneous disappearance
• commercial aviation

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

GEIPAN classification-D1 investigation report covering a January 1994 radar-confirmed UAP encounter by an Air France Airbus A320-11 crew near Coulommiers, France, marked unexplained with high strangeness due to instantaneous disappearance.

• commercial aviation
• radar-confirmed
• instantaneous disappearance

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

GEIPAN case 1994-01-01345: on 28 January 1994 at 13:14, the crew of Air France flight AF3532 (A320-11, Nice-London) observed an unidentified phenomenon near Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, subsequently confirmed by ground radar before the object disappeared instantaneously — classified D1 (unexplained, marked strangeness) by CNES/GEIPAN.

• instantaneous-disappearance
• radar-confirmation
• civil-aviation

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

A GEIPAN investigation of a UAP observed by the crew of Air France flight AF3532 over Coulommiers on 28 January 1994, independently confirmed on ATC radar and classified D1 — unexplained, markedly anomalous — after the object vanished instantaneously.

• Airbus A320
• radar confirmation
• instantaneous disappearance

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

GEIPAN case 1994-01-01345 (classification D1): « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.

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

GEIPAN case 1994-01-01345 is the official French investigation file for a January 28, 1994 UAP encounter by an Air France A320 crew over Coulommiers, corroborated by radar and classified D1 (unexplained, marked strangeness).

• aviation encounter
• radar confirmation
• instantaneous disappearance

GEIPAN Case 1994-06-01360 — USSY-SUR-MARNE (77) 24.06.1994

A French gendarmerie patrol report, assigned GEIPAN Category D (unexplained), documenting a stationary triangular object observed by three officers near Ussy-sur-Marne at 0240 on 24 June 1994.

• triangular UAP
• stationary
• nighttime

GEIPAN Case 1994-10-01377 — SELESTAT (67) 30.10.1994

GEIPAN gendarmerie case file documenting a couple's close-range sighting of a low-altitude rotating luminous disc stationary above their vehicle in Sélestat, Alsace, on 30 October 1994, rated Class D (unexplained) by CNES's UAP investigation unit.

• luminous circle
• rotating disc
• evenly spaced peripheral lights

GEIPAN Case 1994-10-01377 — SELESTAT (67) 30.10.1994

French gendarmerie and GEIPAN case file documenting a 1994 nighttime close-approach sighting near Selestat in which a couple in a moving car observed a low-altitude rotating luminous disc that appeared to follow their vehicle — assigned GEIPAN classification D.

• rotating disc
• luminous object
• low altitude

GEIPAN Case 1997-05-01661 — MEILLERAYE DE BRETAGNE (44) 1997

French gendarmerie procès-verbal (PV 00203/97) documenting a GEIPAN Category-D case from 3 May 1997 in which two civilian witnesses in Meilleraye-de-Bretagne, Loire-Atlantique, observed a round orange-amber luminous object travel north-to-south over their housing estate at night, with no conventional explanation determined.

• round luminous object
• orange-amber
• visual observation

GEIPAN Case 2008-07-02443 — BARRET-DE-LIOURE (26) 08.07.2008

A GEIPAN investigation report classifying an ovoid UAP observed through a 9x50 finder scope by two amateur astronomers at Barret-de-Lioure, Drôme, France on July 8, 2008 as D1 — unexplained, moderately strange, good consistency.

• ovoid shape
• steel gray
• optical finder scope

GEIPAN Case 2008-07-02443 — BARRET-DE-LIOURE (26) 08.07.2008

GEIPAN amateur-astronomer questionnaire documenting a D1-classified UAP sighting on 8 July 2008 from the summit of Montagne de Bergiès (Drôme, France): an ovoid, metallic-gray object of approximately -4 magnitude observed through a 9x50 finder scope by two witnesses.

• ovoid
• metallic gray
• daylight sighting

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A GEIPAN/CNES formal radar-trace request to Basel-Mulhouse Airport (LFSB) for a July 2009 unidentified luminous-point observation over Rixheim, France — radar returned negative; case closed D1 (unexplained but minimally anomalous).

• white luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

GEIPAN investigation report (case D1, report dated 2011-09-02) of a 10-12 second naked-eye observation over Rixheim, Haut-Rhin, France on July 26, 2009, in which a silent white luminous point executed an apparent directional change and acceleration that no conventional hypothesis fully explains.

• white luminous point
• direction change
• silent acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A two-page GEIPAN celestial-chart document reconstructing the July 26, 2009 Rixheim (Alsace) sighting, in which a witness tracked a white luminous point through two distinct flight phases — linear then curved — before it faded into open sky, classified D1 (slightly unusual, remains unexplained).

• white luminous point
• direction change
• two-phase trajectory

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

GEIPAN Annex 04 for case 2009-07-02361: satellite orbital data drawn from calsky.com and heavens-above.com to evaluate whether Cosmos 1151 Rocket body could account for Phase 1 of a white luminous-point sighting over Rixheim, Alsace, on 26 July 2009.

• white luminous point
• linear S-N motion
• direction change

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

GEIPAN Annex 01 for Case 2009-07-02361: a four-page geographic localization document mapping the Rixheim (68170) observation site relative to two nearby aerodromes and the Basel-Mulhouse international airport.

• white luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A GEIPAN investigation record of a single-witness visual observation in Rixheim, France on 26 July 2009, in which a white luminous point executing apparent direction change and acceleration was classified D1 — unexplained due to insufficient data.

• white luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

An LFSB (Basel-Mulhouse) INCA incident report documenting GEIPAN's formal radar-data request for a July 2009 Rixheim luminous-point sighting, with the airport's ELVIRA multi-radar review returning no corroborating track.

• luminous point
• south-north trajectory
• direction change

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

GEIPAN investigation report (classification D1) for a 10-to-12-second naked-eye sighting in Rixheim, France on 26 July 2009, in which a silent white luminous point changed direction and accelerated before vanishing in open sky — remaining unexplained after radar cross-checks, satellite-pass analysis, and systematic hypothesis elimination.

• white point of light
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A two-page GEIPAN celestial reconstruction chart documenting a single-witness naked-eye UAP sighting over Rixheim, Alsace, on 26 July 2009, classified D1 (unexplained but low strangeness).

• white luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A one-page GEIPAN technical annex presenting computed satellite-pass data for Cosmos 1151 Rocket as a candidate explanation for the first phase of an unexplained luminous-point observation at Rixheim, France, on 26 July 2009.

• white luminous point
• S-N linear trajectory
• direction change

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

Geographic localization annex (Annexe 01) for GEIPAN case 2009-07-02361, presenting four annotated aerial views that establish the aviation and terrain context surrounding a UAP observation site in Rixheim, Alsace.

• white luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009

A French gendarmerie procès-verbal and GEIPAN case record documenting a single civilian's 7–8 second observation of a white luminous point over Rixheim, Alsace that changed direction and accelerated, formally classified D1 (unexplained, low anomaly) by the CNES UAP unit.

• luminous point
• direction change
• acceleration

GEIPAN Case 2010-01-02498 — TAVERNY (95) 04.01.2010

GEIPAN case 2010-01-02498 (classification D1 — unexplained): a 52-year-old aviation enthusiast reports a large, dark, delta-wing shaped object with three pale orange lights traversing Taverny, France, east to west in 10–15 seconds on the evening of 4 January 2010.

• triangular UAP
• delta-wing shape
• matte dark-gray surface

GEIPAN Case 2010-01-02498 — TAVERNY (95) 04.01.2010

GEIPAN investigation report classifying a January 2010 single-witness observation of a large, silent, triangular dark object with three amber circular lights over Taverny, Val-d'Oise, as a D1 unexplained phenomenon.

• triangular
• dark-mass
• silent