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- 01PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The observation site is precisely geo-referenced: Lat 47°44'40.52" N, Long 7°24'38.74" E, altitude 239 m — Rixheim, Alsace, near the...
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).
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 02PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
As of June 2015, no official GEIPAN/SEPRA/GEIPAN documents on the Valensole case had ever been published, despite fifty years of institutional...
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050 — VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965
- 03PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Annex 04 was prepared by G. Munsch of GEIPAN's IPN unit specifically to match candidate satellites to Phase 1 of the Rixheim observation; the parent...
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 04PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The candidate satellite is Cosmos 1151 Rocket, a Soviet rocket body launched in 1980 (designator 1980-005 B), orbiting at 597.9 x 622.6 km with an...
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 05PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Three witnesses observed a large oval luminous craft with a dome moving east to west for approximately one minute in daylight on 25 March 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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1976-03-00292 — THUIR (66) 25.03.1976
- 06PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The document explicitly identifies itself as a supplement to the main investigation report, framing its purpose as terrain context for the witness's...
A two-page technical annex to GEIPAN case 2022-05-51350, charting terrain-elevation profiles along the three observation axes recorded during a classified-D nocturnal rectangular UAP sighting in Montluel (Ain), France, on 14 May 2022.
→ GEIPAN Case 2022-05-51350 — MONTLUEL (01) 14.05.2022
- 07PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Classification D under the GEIPAN/GEPAN system means the phenomenon could not be explained despite thorough investigation — the highest degree of...
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1982-01-00913 — TRANCRAINVILLE (28) 23.01.1982
- 08PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Two luminous points, yellow or white, observed moving rapidly from east to north over Saint-Lô on April 4, 2012 at 20h15 local time.
Single-witness GEIPAN case D1 (unexplained) from Saint-Lô, April 4, 2012: two luminous points crossed the sky east-to-north, one on a straight trajectory while the second continuously orbited the first.
→ GEIPAN Case 2012-04-08222 — SAINT-LO (50) 04.04.2012
- 09PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Single civilian witness, alerted by dog, observed a gigantic stationary white luminous object at low altitude above a field bordering a forest in...
GEIPAN case file documenting a single civilian witness's sub-twenty-second observation of a large, stationary white luminous object at low altitude over a field in Maffliers, Val-d'Oise, France, on 29 June 2012, classified D1 (unidentified) after gendarmerie investigation.
→ GEIPAN Case 2012-06-08256 — MAFFLIERS (95) 29.06.2012
- 10PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Date and time of incident: 1 July 1965, 05:45 local, in a lavender field at Valensole (département 04, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050 — VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965
- 11PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three lights — one red and two blue — were arranged in a triangular formation, consistent with a recurring geometric UAP signature documented across...
GEIPAN case 2010-11-02702 (D1/unexplained): a Le Mans resident observed three colored lights in a triangular formation accompanied by an air-rushing sound at 17:55 on 21 November 2010.
→ GEIPAN Case 2010-11-02702 — MANS (LE) (72) 21.11.2010
- 12PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Two witnesses observed the phenomenon independently while driving in separate vehicles, providing corroborating accounts without opportunity for...
GEIPAN technical questionnaire (form R162) for case 2019-11-50872: two civilian witnesses driving separately in Haute-Saône, France, report a white light and a moving black triangular shape on the evening of 26 November 2019; assigned GEIPAN classification D1 — phenomenon unexplained, witnesses deemed reliable.
→ GEIPAN Case 2019-11-50872 — VILLERS-LES-LUXEUIL (70) 26.11.2019
- 13PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.5
Single civilian witness, observed from apartment balcony, Montluel (Ain, 01), 14 May 2022 at approximately 03:10 local time.
GEIPAN case 2022-05-51350: a single civilian witness in Montluel, France reported an 8-second low-altitude passage of a silent, dark rectangular UAP at 03:10 on 14 May 2022, classified Category D (unidentified after investigation) by CNES.
→ GEIPAN Case 2022-05-51350 — MONTLUEL (01) 14.05.2022
- 14PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN assigned classification D1, denoting an unexplained phenomenon with medium strangeness — the second-highest unexplained tier in the agency's...
A GEIPAN D1-classified close-encounter report from Saint-Zacharie, France, in which a witness observed a silent, slow-moving anthracite-grey oval UAP with a white forward light from a distance of a few meters at dawn on 12 January 2015.
→ GEIPAN Case 2015-01-09080 — SAINT-ZACHARIE (83) 12.01.2015
- 15PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Case classification D1 — GEIPAN's designation for observations that cannot be explained after full investigation; the strongest possible outcome...
GEIPAN technical questionnaire for case 2020-01-50998, a D1-classified (unexplained) sighting of bright red rectangular luminous objects moving in a stormy sky over the Crozon peninsula, Finistère, on 13 January 2020.
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-01-50998 — CROZON (29) 13.01.2020
- 16PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident date and time: 25 November 1976, approximately 07h10 local time.
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1976-11-02763 — SAINT-GEOIRS (38) 25.11.1976
- 17PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Two distinct, independent witness groups observed the same phenomenon, substantially strengthening the evidentiary weight of the report.
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).
→ GEIPAN Case 1979-07-00644 — PRANLES (07) 21.07.1979
- 18PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Observation window: Tuesday, 19 October 1954, 01:30–01:40 local time, at a French military radar station in Doullens, Somme department (80).
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-10-09217 — DOULLENS (80) 19.10.1954
- 19PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN case classification D1: unexplained phenomenon with witness testimony of sufficient reliability to preclude a mundane explanation.
A GEIPAN D1-classified case from 26 November 2019 in which two motorists independently observed a white light and then a black triangular form moving through the sky near Villers-lès-Luxeuil, France.
→ GEIPAN Case 2019-11-50872 — VILLERS-LES-LUXEUIL (70) 26.11.2019
- 20PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Case classification D1: phenomenon is unexplained and of moderate consistency in the GEIPAN taxonomy — the highest-confidence unexplained tier.
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).
→ GEIPAN Case 1963-11-01791 — PREMESQUES (59) 11.11.1963
- 21PDFGEIPAN / CNES
The observation lasted two to three minutes, beginning at approximately 22h15 on 28 January 2014.
A French GEIPAN witness questionnaire documenting a January 2014 nighttime sighting near They-sous-Montfort, Vosges, in which a lone outdoor witness observed a red luminous ball with a blue tail execute a multi-phase trajectory reversal over two to three minutes; GEIPAN classified the case D1 — unexplained, insufficient data.
→ GEIPAN Case 2014-01-08689 — THEY-SOUS-MONTFORT (88) 28.01.2014
- 22PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Date and time: 15 June 1951 at 11:30, departure from Orange-Caritat air base, Vaucluse department (84), southeastern France.
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1951-06-00002 — [AERO MIL] ORANGE (84) 15.06.1951
- 23PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three witnesses reported the observation, placing this above single-witness cases in evidential weight under GEIPAN's own consistency scoring.
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1980-03-00751 — EGUILLE (L') (17) 16.03.1980
- 24PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.2
At approximately 1:00 AM on 3 March 1989, Mr. S's vehicle stopped and its headlights extinguished without any driver input at the moment the fireball...
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.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-03-01170 — MAYET (72) 03.03.1989